NPR: U.N. Excitement: Not Actually An Oxymoron

U.N. Excitement: Not Actually An Oxymoron

The United Nations General Assembly meeting may be happening way to the east of our home off of Bryant Park, but the buzz in the air is palpable and the evidence of the excitement is everywhere.

I just popped downstairs to the street level of our building to get a soda, and saw this guy walking by, dressed as an American flag and carrying the stars and stripes over his shoulder. He was walking fast, so I sprinted behind him to ask what he was doing. He told me he was heading to the U.N. to protest the presence of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The protester was a lively guy with an accent--he said he's an American, though originally from Kosovo. He told me he has protested at the U.N. many times before.

I got him to stop long enough to let me take his picture...

...and give me permission to post it on this blog, and then he was off down the street, and I got my soda.

--Tricia McKinney

Win Rosenfeld

2:33 PM ET | 09-24-2007 | permalink

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Out of context, that is one hilarious photo.

Sent by andy carvin | 3:31 PM ET | 09-24-2007

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