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Folks in New York City were truly horrified on Friday when seemingly out of nowhere, a man lit himself on fire.
Screams could be heard from onlookers as the man self-immolated in the protest area outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Trump was on trial. Fox News’ Eric Shawn was reporting on Trump’s alleged hush money case and was already on the scene when the troubling incident took place.
**WARNING FOR GRAPHIC MATERIAL IN THE VIDEO CLIPS AHEAD**
GRAPHIC WARNING: CNN broadcast captures the moment a reporter sees a man set himself on fire outside Trump’s NYC trial pic.twitter.com/bdu9HbnBgX
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 19, 2024
More from Fox:
There was panic and screaming, obviously, when this happened,” Shawn reported.
The man appeared to be moving his arms as he was attended to by EMT and paramedics. His identity and condition are currently unknown.
Police were seen engaging with the man as he was lying on the ground receiving medical attention. He was pulled onto a stretcher and placed in an ambulance to take him to the hospital.
Shawn described the scene as one of “shock and horror” with flames reaching as tall as 15 ft. into the air.
CNN reporter Laura Coates was also present and caught the dramatic moment on live TV.
Coates first reported an “an active shooter” in apparent confusion as the scene quickly unfolded before getting up to see the man ablaze. “A man has set fire to himself. A man as emblazoned himself,” she exclaimed. Coates continued to give a detailed play-by-play of what she was witnessing, including the smell of burning flesh and some sort of “agent” presumably used to start the fire.
GRAPHIC WARNING: CNN broadcast captures the moment a reporter sees a man set himself on fire outside Trump’s NYC trial pic.twitter.com/bdu9HbnBgX
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 19, 2024
The dramatic event also set social media ablaze where reactions came in from many different perspectives:
The Trump Derangement Syndrome is getting bad out there.
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) April 19, 2024
Probably has nothing to do with the trial and everything to do with Iran’s being bombed.
— HuckleDale (@HuckleDale) April 19, 2024
This reminds me of the zombie movies where people’s brains become infected, causing them to lose all sense and reason – and then they start slamming their own heads into the pavement or throwing themselves through windows.
— OutspokenSamantha (@Outspoken_Sam) April 19, 2024
Every day it’s becoming harder to distinguish between fiction an reality.
WTF is going on in America in 2024?!?!
— Mike Sperrazza (@MikeASperrazza) April 19, 2024
People say there is no spiritual nature that the physical world is all there is. Society is paying the cost of ignoring God and his laws.
— BowTied Christmas (@BowTiedXmas) April 19, 2024
There is a clear mental health crisis in this country
— Damani Felder (@TheDamaniFelder) April 19, 2024
More video captured the man after the flames were put out being rushed to the hospital with speculation that he may still be alive.
Warning… this video GRAPHIC and disturbing too:
Police attend to what’s left of the man who set himself on fire in front of the NYC courthouse. He appears to be still alive. pic.twitter.com/ouH8O3eB6M
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) April 19, 2024
Honestly he’s gotta be pissed they extinguished him. The pain he’s feeling right now gotta be worse than death.
— Ryan (@Eskimosby) April 19, 2024
Am I the only person who spontaneously burst into tears over this? Inconsolable bawling for the state of our world?
— Carissa Pavlica (@CarissaPavlica) April 19, 2024
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