A Group Of Flyers Fans Getting Tossed Around By A Runaway Escalator Is Just So Goddamn Philly

We were on the other escalator when it went down at the @WellsFargo center I hope everyone is alright #flyers

— BruceTinneny (@BruceTinneny) April 2, 2016

Typical Flyers fans. Just refusing to go down without a fight, and when I say "go down" I mean in flames because this is a fanbase that has witnessed more than it's fair share of embarrassment  and failure. I guess it's a good thing they already have no shame, or they would have called it quits on this team way before it's escalator randomly kicked it into 5th gear and caused a 30 douchebag pileup. I suppose you could say that a moving stairway in any arena could go 0 to 1-8-7 on some motherfuckin' drunks, but could it...could it really? Not only can I not recall this taking place in any other NHL city, but I can't recall it taking place in any other mall, hotel, or casino either. So am I to believe that it just coincidentally happened - for the first time ever - to the most fitting fanbase in all of sports? Just look at that snapshot. That doesn't even seem out of the norm for a Flyers game. You could have probably taken a similar looking picture in the nosebleeds after a not-so-borderline penalty call in the second period. This situation would be far less shocking if the people involved weren't a bunch of overweight dudes clad in orange and black. Leave it Philadelphia to make a semi-miraculous playoff push and still end up the butt of every joke because they can't transport their fans safely from one floor to another. My thoughts and prayers go out to these people. Not because their lives were in danger, but because whatever was left of their pride just perished from the impact of a rear-ending that make Bruce Jenner proud.
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h/t NJ.com