I can't believe these words were in the NY Times.
The New York Times > New York Region > Couple Takes Protest Up Tree in Central Park: "The couple, one clad in a thong and the other in boxer shorts, climbed up 35 feet into a pine tree, just north of the Wollman Rink, at about 4:20 p.m. The two people, identified by the police as a 32-year-old man with feminine breasts and a 17-year-old boy, shouted threats at rescue workers and drank soft drinks. They also had oral sex, witnesses told the police."

This was my favorite part of the story.
From the Post: "Police hostage negotiators recorded their demands: One Diet Vanilla Pepsi."
From the Times: "Three hours into the standoff, an officer handed the 32-year-old man a can of soda. He flung it to the ground and shouted: "This is a Coke. I wanted vanilla Diet Pepsi.""