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They\u2019re coming down from a dizzying height.<\/p>\n

The daredevils who got engaged atop the Empire State Building\u2019s antenna were sprung Wednesday after getting hit with a slew of charges for the cringe Instagram stunt.<\/p>\n

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Angela Nikolau, 33, and her beau Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, nervously stood together in Manhattan Criminal Court \u2013 nearly a day after he dropped on one knee more than 1,000 feet in the air. <\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t wear her engagement ring.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a message of love,\u201d argued defense attorney Jason Krinsky. \u201cShe didn\u2019t say \u2018no.\u2019 So you gotta give him that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Law-enforcement sources said the couple bought tickets Tuesday at 9 p.m. and likely hid at the Midtown landmark overnight.<\/p>\n

Video showed them emerging from a hatch on the 102nd floor at roughly 5 a.m. the next morning, the sources said. <\/p>\n

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Kuznetsov then used tools to loosen brackets for metal cables stretching across a stairwell, which they then entered, according to the sources.<\/p>\n

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The pair were hit with burglary, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief charges, all felonies, in addition to misdemeanor counts of possession of burglary tools, trespass and criminal tampering.<\/p>\n

Krinsky said prosecutors overcharged and contended there was no evidence of burglary tools.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven the building\u2019s own people, the Empire State\u2019s own people, said there was no risk to tenants, guests on the observation deck or anyone in the building,\u201d the lawyer claimed.<\/p>\n

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