After the Eagles’ momentous win on Sunday, reactions from fans across Philadelphia began to make their way onto social media. Some of the fan reactions were joy-filled and euphoric. Some were just so satisfyingly gritty.
But there was one fan that stood out. It was a man so impassioned, so filled with love for his team, that he basically ran through a SEPTA pole for them.
looks like they forgot to grease one of the poles in Philly
(via @nms_789) pic.twitter.com/pa5SY4Xpab
— Super Bowl on NBC (@SNFonNBC) January 22, 2018
Here it is from another angle, because why not?
second angle of the #eagles fan getting decked by the subway pole…gets it worse on the rebound
(via brandon hubschman on youtube) pic.twitter.com/7LX3p1zpty
— nico canavo (@nicocanavo) January 23, 2018
Unsurprisingly, the guy in this clip went absolutely viral yesterday. He was shared countless times by most sports bloggers and even made the rounds on the national evening news.
And although it gets funnier every time you watch it, I paused somewhere around my 500th view to wonder — is this guy still alive?
So I did some digging and my Eagles spider senses sent me straight to the source.
His name is Jigar Desai, he’s still alive, and he wants America to know that he’s “a mild mannered person generally.”
The Eagles fan that ran into the subway pole is OK! And strangely sounds like a reasonable and intelligent man! #FlyEaglesFly #SuperBowl #Dogs pic.twitter.com/ADEXmLscVh
— Brian J. Haddad (@BrianJHaddad) January 23, 2018
He also made the rounds on Fox 29 last night, in full Eagles garb of course.
I think the best part of the interview is when he’s asked if it’s scarier to watch it back a second time. He gets that look of panic that most people get when they’re told what they did the night before on a drunken bender. It’s a brief “oh……..no………” look.
A close second is when he’s asked how he became an Eagles fan, to which he responds, “I was a 10-pound baby born in India. I moved to the states at a very young age, about a year and a half. And I grew up to be an Eagles fan. It doesn’t make any sense, right?”
God bless the people of Philadelphia. And may the Eagles ever fly.*
*The Daily Caller is a pro-Patriots office that fully recognizes and honors the historic achievements of Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, and I therefore acknowledge that I run the risk of losing my job once this article goes live. It ultimately doesn’t matter because I love my team enough to let them ruin my life.
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