This criminally an underrated vid on the win. The fact it’s at the airport (I think right?) makes it so much better. A bunch of random people all gathering around to share a moment together. Awesome stuff.
I was stranded at Chicago Midway when I shot that. We'd been watching it on the plane, missed our connecting flight and were stuck overnight there. I went wandering around looking for any of the restaurants broadcasting the game, but mostly, everything was shutting down for the evening. Happened upon this crowd and really felt like I needed to document the moment. I'm not a Cubs fan, per se, but I do like watching history happen. The emotion in that moment was palpable. And just as quickly as that celebration and all the hugs and dancing happened, the crowd dispersed and it's as if nothing happened.
What you watched were human beings enjoying a moment together. People as we call ourselves are shitty individuals. Human beings are beautiful creatures
As a Cleveland Indians fan I can tell you that I get a great amount of happiness knowing that the Cubs winning made so many people happy… Even though Cleveland didn’t win… It was a special moment at history and I would not take that away from Chicago cubs fans
It would have been nice if, without showering, they all, both teams, went outside the stadium and greeted all the fans out there and shook hands. This was the definition of good sportsmanship--sorely lacking today.
As a 62-year-old female Cubs fan, I'd like to thank you for kindness and sportsmanship. I've been a diehard Cubs fan since birth (I'm told I popped out of Mom in late August, looked up at the doc, and said, "Did the Cubbies win today?"), and I'd waited a lifetime for this. I'll never forget it.
Ill always remember that day. Right after the final out, i zoomed to the cemetary 6 blocks away and jumped the 8ft fence. Grandma and grandpa got hats and jerseys that night.
Never gets old. I remember sobbing like a baby when they won. My dad passed shortly after the 2003 season so this was years of redemption in the making.
Amazing! We became Cubs fans when we moved off the farm into the small town of Sundown, Tx and got cable in 1982. We watched the Braves and the Cubs but something about the Cubs that made us life long fans. My mom passed in 2015 and didn’t get to see them finally win it all. She knows they did though. Miss you mom
I was unfortunately in training in the marine corps at this time and missed this moment. this brings tears to my eyes even after almost 5 years. thank you
Notice the guy wearing the Cubs shirt and the dude wearing the dress shirt hugging each other after the win. But before they were separated, that victory meant so much for people. I truly think NOBODY will understand that wait unless you grew up as a Cubs fan and went through all those painful 100+ years
Thank you SO much for capturing this beautiful moment of a huddled mass of happy humanity, too paraphrase Harry Caray. Cheers and long life to you and yours!
Me and my mom were in the Airport heading to CHI for (what we hoped would be a celebration party) during game 5. We walked into an EMPTY restaurant that had a TV and asked them to please turn on the game. After half an inning the restaurant was PACKED with Cubs fans and we all almost missed our flights.
0:16 Pilot strolls through a group of people waiting in anticipation around one airport television, pauses until the conclusion, and proceeds to butter the landing on your 7 AM flight to Atlanta.
I’m not a baseball fan here in Australia however I absolutely LOVE MY SPORT and I love how sport can bring out so many emotions sadness joy anxiety and pure happiness just to name a few and bring everyone together from all walks of life and all backgrounds sport is such a wonderful thing it brings out so many pure emotions that other forms of entertainment TRY……BUT NEVER CAN EMULATE the pure joy and happiness sport brings out in people
Im happy for the cub fans who stuck with that franchise through all the bad times and never gave up hope. Not happy for all you bandwagon jackoffs that abandoned the cubs after they traded everyone away. that being said GO WHITE SOX
This was in the secure part of the airport, past TSA. The only people there were passengers who had already gone through security, flight staff and airport employees. If any terrorists sneaked by, it'd be because they got through security, which would have had nothing to do with people watching the end of the World Series at midnight on their way to their connecting gates.
Too bad that the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, you guys thought we would lose game 5 and lose the World Series, you guys lost after a 3-1 lead to 4-3 loss
