Dave Williams is angry at the way his older brother has been treated by the law. To draw attention to this situation, he climbs to the top of a local building with a rifle. He gets a lot of attention quickly, including that of a newspaper journalist who smells a good story. The reporter gets P.T. to fly him up to the roof so that he can interview the troubled young man and at first, it looks like the boy is ready to give up. Only the newsman knows that the longer he keeps the kid on the roof, the better the story becomes. Will this help the youth, or lead to disaster?