Firefighter caught on camera ripping pro-Palestinian agitator in Elmo costume near Ground Zero on 9/11
A firefighter in New York City called out a pro-Palestinian agitator wearing an Elmo costume with a Palestinian flag as "anti-American" Friday, not far from where the city’s 9/11 memorial ceremony was taking place at Ground Zero, according to video shot by Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and posted to X.
"F------ anti-American motherf-----. Go back to f------ Palestine. We don’t want you here," the man yelled to the protester. It was unclear if he was a current or retired firefighter.
The man told the protester to also take former President Barack Obama, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with them.
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A firefighter confronts a pro-Palestinian agitator in an Elmo costume Friday. (X/@FrontlinesTPUSA and X/@choeshow)
"Take ‘em all. They’re all no f-----g good!" he yelled. "You’re no f-----g good."
After the firefighter walked away from the agitator, someone yelled in the video, "The Jews are committing a genocide."
It wasn’t clear if it was one of the protesters who yelled it.
"Frustration from Americans attending the 9/11 memorial service a few blocks away is spilling over," TPUSA’s X post said.
A pro-Palestinian protester and others in the video. (X/@FrontlinesTPUSA and X/@choeshow)
Fox News Digital has reached out to the FDNY and TPUSA for comment.
FDNY told FOx News Digital: "We are aware of the video circulating of someone wearing a uniform having a verbal altercation today. This person appears to be from another fire department and is not and has never been a member of the FDNY."
Friday marked 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.; and in Pennsylvania.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani meets with relatives of 9/11 victims at the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum during a ceremony Friday marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (Getty Images)
All the living former presidents attended the ceremony at Ground Zero along with Vice President JD Vance.
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Mamdani, Hochul, and Ocasio-Cortez were also in attendance.
President Donald Trump gave a keynote speech at the Pentagon 9/11 ceremony Friday.
Brie Stimson is a Los Angeles-based entertainment and breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.
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