Chef, good afternoon, everyone. I'm gonna try to talk loud
so you can all hear me.
But at 1:30 this afternoon,
right here in Collect Pond Park,
which is directly opposite of a New York County Criminal
Court at 100 Center St.
where the trial of one President Trump is currently taking
place,
we we observe a male walk into the park.
He walks into the center of the park.
When he's in the park,
he starts shuffling around his clothes.
He's opens up a book bag.
From the book bag he takes numerous pieces of papers,
pamphlets out. He throws the pamphlets throughout the park.
And then he pulls out a canister and pours some
kind of liquid on himself,
a liquid we believe is an accelerant.
And he lights himself on fire.
The male, he takes a couple of steps while he's
on fire and then eventually falls onto a police barrier
and falls down to the ground.
He's on fire. Another area in the park where some
of the accelerants built is also on fire.
Civilians, court officers, members of the Police Department,
they run into the park.
They make efforts to put him out.
They use their coat. They use fire extinguishers.
Eventually FDNY response, we're able to put the mail,
extinguish the fire and from that point we will remove
him to Cornell Burn Unit where right now he's there
in critical condition.
At this at this moment,
I'll let a Fire Commissioner talk about the condition of
the mail and the condition of people who also helped
and who are witnesses over there.