On Sunday, a tanker caught fire under I-95 in Philadelphia causing part of the overpass to collapse.
And while the the event in itself was quite newsworthy, a local man's interview with FOX 29 about the incident is what took the internet by storm.
Not even Governor Josh Shapiro's tweet about the incident drew as much interest.
\u201cEarly this AM a vehicle fire under I-95 in Philly caused part of the highway to collapse.\n\nWhile this is still an active scene, I completed an aerial view of the site and was briefed by first responders, law enforcement and transportation experts on the ground with @PhillyMayor.\u201d— Governor Josh Shapiro (@Governor Josh Shapiro) 1686522262
The "neighbor in NE Philly" described his reaction when he found out about the nearby collapse in the most Philly of accents, explaining:
"Dude, so I was passed out and I woke up to nothing but text messages, phone calls... I had no idea what was going on."
"I got dressed, I came out, I looked down, I smell like a smokey smell, and I'm like damn, dude, so..."
You can watch the interview in all its viral glory below.
\u201cA neighbor in NE Philly describes what it was like to wake up to the confusion just outside his door after a portion of I-95 collapsed just a few blocks from him.\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
People on social media immediately became obsessed, with locals noting the dialect is spot-on classic NE Philly.
\u201c@MarcusFOX29 This is the most Philly interview ever.\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
\u201cI'd trust this guy to tell me where the best cheesesteak in Philly is.\u201d— Lorne Freund (@Lorne Freund) 1686578113
\u201cPerfected executed Northeast Philly accent (grew up just outside the city). 10/10. \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb\u201d— amybinnyc (@amybinnyc) 1686522750
\u201c@MarcusFOX29 We call this \u201cthe Philly phog.\u201d\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
\u201cA classic Philly man on the street react\u201d— J.J. Abbott \ud83d\udd14 (@J.J. Abbott \ud83d\udd14) 1686503988
\u201c@MarcusFOX29 He deserves a guest spot on @alwayssunny\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
\u201c@MarcusFOX29 "Dude I was passed out when that happened" might become my new blanket excuse\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
\u201c@MarcusFOX29 This guy is so NE Philly that I'm not convinced he isn't the heir to the Steve's Prince of Steaks throne\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
\u201c@MarcusFOX29 This is the most Philly thing I\u2019ve ever seen. It could only have been outdone if someone in the background shot a guy arguing about the best cheesesteak place.\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
\u201c@MarcusFOX29 he\u2019s somehow managed to compress the whole english language into half as many vowels.\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
\u201c@MarcusFOX29 This is truly the best thing I\u2019ve seen on the internet in a very long time\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
\u201c@MarcusFOX29 Hitting the \u201cpassed out\u201d twice is \ud83d\ude19\ud83e\udd0c\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
\u201c@MarcusFOX29 This is the most Philly way to describe what happened.\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
\u201c@MarcusFOX29 \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02all time interview\u201d— Marcus Espinoza (@Marcus Espinoza) 1686496826
Not gonna lie, we'd like all of our news delivered by this guy.
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