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The man who ran onto the field on 9/11
A Long Island man carried a Palestinian flag onto Yankee Stadium turf during the 25th anniversary game, and the internet found the rest of his life within hours.
In brief
A Long Island man carried a Palestinian flag onto Yankee Stadium turf during the 25th anniversary game, and the internet found the rest of his life within hours. A few seconds on a ballfield can hand your name, your politics and your deleted accounts to the whole country. Originally reported by Dailymail.
A flag on the field
During Friday's Subway Series game at Yankee Stadium, a man sprinted onto the field carrying a Palestinian flag. Security tackled him as the crowd chanted.
The night it happened
It was the first game of the Subway Series, played on September 11 to mark 25 years since the World Trade Center attacks. The Yankees beat the Mets 6-4.
Seventh inning
The interruption came in the seventh, deep into a game the city had built around remembrance. Play stopped while security closed in.
USA, USA
As guards dragged him off the grass, the stadium turned into one voice. Chants of 'USA! USA!' rolled around the Bronx.
“only to be tackled by security amid stadium-wide chants of 'USA! USA!'”
Police name him
The NYPD identified the runner on Saturday as Kelly Marcucci, 38, of Long Island. He was booked and now faces several misdemeanor charges.
Two charges
Marcucci was booked for interference with a professional sporting event and for trespassing. Both are misdemeanors under New York law.
The jersey said No Kings
He wore a baseball jersey with 'No Kings' across the chest. The phrase has been adopted by many of President Donald Trump's critics.
A Facebook rant first
Hours before the game he posted on Facebook, taking swings at everyone from Trump to podcaster Joe Rogan.
Capitalism and Saudi Arabia
The same post went after capitalism and pushed the claim that Saudi Arabia played a role in the 9/11 attacks.
Then the page vanished
By the time reporters went looking, the Facebook page was deactivated. The post had already been captured.
A deleted OnlyFans
The Daily Mail says it verified a deactivated OnlyFans account belonging to him, with a shirtless profile photo at the top of the page.
A tattoo matched
The profile image looked mirrored, but a tattoo on his bicep matched the design visible under his left sleeve on the field Friday night.
What the bio claimed
The bio opened with a line about keeping to himself, then declared a passion for social equality and borrowed a line from King.
“Minding my own business is one of my favorite things to do.”
Revisionist-Marxist
He described his politics plainly on that page and listed skydiving, solo travel through Europe, yoga, Pilates and spin classes among his pursuits.
“Politically, I identify as a revisionist-Marxist.”
He said it was a joke
Marcucci claimed he made the OnlyFans page to test how people judge anyone who starts one. He also said he has a communications degree and was studying journalism at Stony Brook.
No comment
The Daily Mail asked him to respond. He did not immediately reply.
The ceremony he interrupted
Before first pitch, the Yankees honored the nearly 3,000 people killed on September 11, 2001, with the teams standing together on the field.
The 2001 team came back
Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Paul O'Neill, Tino Martinez, Scott Brosius, Mariano Rivera and manager Joe Torre walked out in their old pinstripes.
Colors and a giant flag
Honor guards from the NYPD, FDNY and PAPD presented the colors while an American flag was unfurled across the outfield.
A wreath in Monument Park
Earlier that afternoon, Jeter joined current captain Aaron Judge and pitcher Gerrit Cole to lay a wreath beside the ballpark's 9/11 monument.
The one thing
A few seconds on a ballfield can hand your name, your politics and your deleted accounts to the whole country.
