Did you watch the video we linked to of an Eagles fan face-planting into Philly subway pole on Sunday? If not, here it is again in all of its glory:
I interviewed Jigar Desai, the Eagles fan who ran into a subway pillar. https://t.co/CkUMPpg4be pic.twitter.com/vPEMpIDq5g
— Dan McQuade (@dhm) January 23, 2018
Now, as funny as that was, this poor guy actually came pretty close to dying as he next fell against the train:
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/955835297031491586
Here’s video of the near-death collision from the platform:
New view of the #Eagles fan that ran into the wall at the train station ??. pic.twitter.com/sjC7jdX03l
— uSTADIUM (@uSTADIUM) January 22, 2018
The fan, identified as Jigar Desai, told Deadspin that after seeing the second video, “it made him rethink a lot of things. I am very lucky”:
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/955835759008866310
Desai also wants people to know that he wasn’t trying to get on the train, just trying to pump up the fans who were already on board:
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/955836374405566464
Philly should send him to Minneapolis for the Super Bowl (for his own safety).
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