Two CNN producers were arrested Tuesday for trying to sneak into the World Trade Center site to test its security — after The Post reported that a teen made it all the way to the spire of the world’s top terror target.
Connor Boals, 26, and Yon Pomrenze, 35, made multiple attempts to get onto Ground Zero before being arrested shortly after 2 p.m., law enforcement sources said.
The pair initially tried to get through a gate at Vesey and Washington streets, with a source saying they told the cop who stopped them that “if a 16-year-old could get on the site, they should be able to get in.”
Next, they headed east, with Boals twice being spotted trying to climb a fence and getting stopped by cops, a source said.
They finally tried to push their way through a gate at Vesey and Church streets, where they were arrested.
Sources said the men were trying to test security at the site.
“They were trying to prove a point. I guess they thought anybody could get in,” one source said.
Both were charged with trespassing, obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct.
Cops also seized a miniature GoPro video camera, a full-size video camera and a tripod, sources said.
Last week, Justin Casquejo, 16, of Weehawken, NJ, was busted for entering the site and making it all the way to the top of the Freedom Tower. On Monday, three men, including a former ironworker at the site, were charged with parachuting from the building.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday said “both City Hall and 1 Police Plaza are concerned about this situation.”
A CNN spokesperson said Boals and Pomrenze “were not asked to sneak onto the World Trade Center site.”