{"id":344539,"date":"2026-09-12T00:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T00:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344539\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T00:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T00:52:17","slug":"firefighter-rips-elmo-clad-pro-palestinian-agitator-near-ground-zero-on-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344539\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighter rips Elmo-clad pro-Palestinian agitator near Ground Zero on 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A firefighter in New York City<\/a> called out a pro-Palestinian agitator wearing an Elmo costume with a Palestinian flag as “anti-American” Friday, not far from where the city\u2019s 9\/11 memorial ceremony was taking place at Ground Zero, according to video shot by Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and posted to X.<\/p>\n

“F—— anti-American motherf—–. Go back to f—— Palestine. We don\u2019t want you here,” the man yelled to the protester. It was unclear if he was a current or retired firefighter.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

MAMDANI DRAWS FURY FROM 9\/11 MOURNERS OVER GROUND ZERO APPEARANCE: \u2018DISRESPECTFUL\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Firefighter <\/p>\n

A firefighter confronts a pro-Palestinian agitator in an Elmo costume Friday. (X\/@FrontlinesTPUSA and X\/@choeshow)<\/p>\n

“Take \u2018em all. They\u2019re all no f—–g good!” he yelled. “You\u2019re no f—–g good.”<\/p>\n

After the firefighter walked away from the agitator, someone yelled in the video, “The Jews are committing a genocide.”<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t clear if it was one of the protesters who yelled it.<\/p>\n

“Frustration from Americans attending the 9\/11 memorial service a few blocks away is spilling over,” TPUSA\u2019s X post said.<\/p>\n

HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH FLAGS FLY AT ANTI-ISRAEL PROTEST MINUTES AFTER MAMDANI CONDEMNS TERROR PLOT AGAINST JEWS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pro-Palestinian <\/p>\n

A pro-Palestinian protester and others in the video. (X\/@FrontlinesTPUSA and X\/@choeshow)<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital has reached out to TPUSA for comment.<\/p>\n

The 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.”<\/p>\n

Friday marked 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001,<\/a> terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.; and in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

25 YEARS LATER, 9\/11 MEMORIES ENDURE AS NATION GATHERS TO HONOR NEARLY 3,000 LIVES LOST<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Zohran <\/p>\n

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)<\/p>\n

All the living former presidents attended the ceremony at Ground Zero along with Vice President JD Vance.<\/p>\n

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Mamdani, Hochul, and Ocasio-Cortez were also in attendance.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump gave a keynote speech at the Pentagon 9\/11 ceremony<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n

Brie Stimson is a Los Angeles-based entertainment and breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A firefighter in New York City called out a pro-Palestinian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[42536,9,24,56,63,65,64,11803,32392,618,1994],"class_list":["post-344539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-caught-on-camera","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-september-11","tag-turning-point-usa","tag-us","tag-us-protests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}