A jump finally, in Duffy Square.
By Dileep Thekkethil
It was a normal day in Times Square on Tuesday until a man in yellow shirt and black pants screamed out “Donald Trump where are you!?” and started stripping, till he got fully naked.
The pedestrians and other passerby were dumbfounded by the act of the man who soon jumped on top of the red staircase in Duffy Square and made it a stage for his bizarre acts for an hour, before he leaped down, falling hard on the ground.
According to the police, the man has been identified as Krit McClean, a 21-year-old, Manhattan resident, who according to them is currently out of danger despite a few minor injuries.
Eyewitnesses were quoted by the New York Times saying that McClean appeared near the Disney store at 46th Street by 8 am and started screaming at random women and then removed his watch and threw it at one of them.
As McClean continued his stunt, a few police officers asked him to put on his clothes which he did but shortly after that he stripped all his clothes once again and leaped on to the TKTS booth at 47th street and Seventh Avenue, spurting obscene words and making obscene gestures.
Carmen Mendez, an eyewitness to the incident was quoted saying “He was agitated”. She also added that when the police first approached McClean, he screamed: “Get that bitch, Debbie, I Want to talk to Debbie!”
McClean also reportedly asked the police officers to arrange a meeting with the Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Mendez also said that McClean shouted “Donald Trump where are you, Donald Trump where the f– are you?!” from a ledge on top of the stairs, 16 feet above the Times Square pavement.
In a bid to take down McClean, police blocked the traffic for some time, but their attempt failed.
Even though police tried all that they can to talk him down, McClean blew kisses to the stunned crowd and even performed chicken dance and mocked the police officers and even spat on the face of police officers.
McClean wore no clothes, but he appeared to be a bit of a style maven, screaming out: “I love fashion, it’s taught me so much!” He also dropped the names of two iconic fashion photographers.
“I love you, Bruce Weber,” the man shouted. “I love you, Mario Testino.”
“He was extremely combative,” an NYPD spokesman said. “He was spitting at us and swinging his arms.”
Sensing that the scene is getting out of hand Police deployed a giant airbag as a precaution if McClean jumps from the 16-foot-tall staircase, which is a tourist spot.
As the passersby’s watched the events unfolding, an officer climbed the stair and grabbed McClean, but he took a jump at 9:10 am, hitting hard on the ground, missing the airbag.
McClean was conscious after the nose dive and paramedics soon took him to the hospital where doctors have now confirmed he is out of danger despite suffering a few injuries.