A man waving a Palestinian flag stormed onto the field during Friday night’s Subway Series game at Yankee Stadium, on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people.
The man was quickly tackled to the ground by police, prompting the crowd to erupt into chants of “U-S-A,” according to footage circulating on social media.
As he was being escorted off the field, members of the crowd appeared to pelt the pro-Palestinian activist with beer cans.
A fan just ran onto the field with a Palestine flag. The time he ran on the field 9:11 PM. pic.twitter.com/kcfszJZhf5
— Everything Yankees (@eyyankees) September 12, 2026
The game itself was preceded by a seven-minute video on the outfield scoreboard, featuring members of the 2001 Yankees team recounting the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the New York Post reported.
A husband and wife, who separately lost their fathers in the terror attacks when they were 10 years old, threw out the ceremonial first pitches, the report said.
The game ended with a New York Yankees 6-4 victory over their crosstown rivals, the New York Mets.
The attacks perpetrated by al-Qaeda instigated a roughly two-decade war in the Middle East in Afghanistan and Iraq. U.S. forces officially withdrew from Iraq in 2011, albeit maintaining a U.S. military presence, and withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021.
