Coronavirus pranks: Pranksters spark panic by pretending to spill ‘coronavirus’ on NY subway train
- 4 years ago
INSTAGRAM comedians sparked panic when they pretended to spill coronavirus on a New York subway train.
The jokers got on an L train in Brooklyn dressed in hazmat suits and carrying a plastic container filled with red liquid and covered in warning labels.
They then tipped the contents on the floor and told passengers it was coronavirus - which experts have warned could kill 45million people worldwide.
Some passengers screamed and jumped on seats as the liquid ran down the subway car.
One woman can be heard saying "Oh no!" in a video of the bad taste stunt posted on Instagram.
Another passenger says sternly: "That better be Kool-Aid."
It was the work of Instagram jokers David Flores, 17, and Morris Cordewell, 19, both from Queens.
They told Insider the liquid was in fact Kool-Aid, but only one woman knew immediately it was a prank.
Morris said: "The first half, people were kinda scared.
"After we were like 'Yo it's a prank,' people were laughing.
"There was one lady with her kids sitting next to me just laughing the whole time.
"I don't know how she knew it was a joke, but she knew it was a joke the whole time."
David added: "They kinda figured it out themselves, though."
The video received a hostile reaction online, where one user said: “Wow stupidity at its best.”
Another said: “I know that is a prank but they should punch their faces.”
The video emerged after a Russian prankster pretended to collapse from a "coronavirus attack" on a packed underground train in Moscow.
Karomatullo Dzhaborov was charged with "criminal hooliganism" and faces up to five years in jail.
Another joker, Marlon de Vera, lay motionless face down after faking a virus collapse at a shopping mall in Legazpi in the Philippines.
He was forced to apologise after a fierce backlash online.
The Philippines and Hong Kong are the only places outside mainland China to have suffered a coronavirus death.
Last week Canadian Instagrammer Potok Philippe, 28, was thrown off a plane after yelling he had just come back from China and was "not feeling too well".
His stunt forced the the WestJet flight from Toronto to Jamaica to turn back.
Potok was checked by medical staff, and is due in court next month charged with causing mischief.
The jokers got on an L train in Brooklyn dressed in hazmat suits and carrying a plastic container filled with red liquid and covered in warning labels.
They then tipped the contents on the floor and told passengers it was coronavirus - which experts have warned could kill 45million people worldwide.
Some passengers screamed and jumped on seats as the liquid ran down the subway car.
One woman can be heard saying "Oh no!" in a video of the bad taste stunt posted on Instagram.
Another passenger says sternly: "That better be Kool-Aid."
It was the work of Instagram jokers David Flores, 17, and Morris Cordewell, 19, both from Queens.
They told Insider the liquid was in fact Kool-Aid, but only one woman knew immediately it was a prank.
Morris said: "The first half, people were kinda scared.
"After we were like 'Yo it's a prank,' people were laughing.
"There was one lady with her kids sitting next to me just laughing the whole time.
"I don't know how she knew it was a joke, but she knew it was a joke the whole time."
David added: "They kinda figured it out themselves, though."
The video received a hostile reaction online, where one user said: “Wow stupidity at its best.”
Another said: “I know that is a prank but they should punch their faces.”
The video emerged after a Russian prankster pretended to collapse from a "coronavirus attack" on a packed underground train in Moscow.
Karomatullo Dzhaborov was charged with "criminal hooliganism" and faces up to five years in jail.
Another joker, Marlon de Vera, lay motionless face down after faking a virus collapse at a shopping mall in Legazpi in the Philippines.
He was forced to apologise after a fierce backlash online.
The Philippines and Hong Kong are the only places outside mainland China to have suffered a coronavirus death.
Last week Canadian Instagrammer Potok Philippe, 28, was thrown off a plane after yelling he had just come back from China and was "not feeling too well".
His stunt forced the the WestJet flight from Toronto to Jamaica to turn back.
Potok was checked by medical staff, and is due in court next month charged with causing mischief.