Chaos turned comedic inside New York‘s LaGuardia Airport after a man being wheeled through the terminal on a gurney had the entire crowd laughing with his outbursts. The viral TikTok, captioned “My boy in the airport tweaking,” shows the man strapped down and surrounded by multiple NYPD officers and EMTs as they push him past a busy airport bar. Instead of staying quiet, he decided to shout, “bullsh-t” before delivering a jaw-dropping line, “I am being treated like a Black person right now!” That’s when the terminal broke into laughter. The moment was so surreal that even the officers appeared to crack a smile as they kept pushing the gurney forward.
The clip quickly exploded across TikTok, with users chiming in on the bizarre scene. “That man at the airport tweaking out,” one viewer wrote. “Lmao he made everyone break character,” another joked, referencing how the officers lost composure after the unexpected comment. Others pointed out the bigger picture, with one person writing, “What is it about airports and airplanes that brings out the racism?” while another added, “See, they know we get mistreated.”
LaGuardia Bursts Into Laughter as Man on Gurney Shouts He’s ‘Being Treated Like a Black Person’
Some users leaned into the comedy of the moment. “Why is America so hilarious?” one laughed, while another highlighted the timing of the crowd’s reaction, “The unison of laughter lmao.” One commenter claiming to be a nurse added, “As a nurse… this is a regular patient.” And of course, plenty of people couldn’t believe what they just heard, “Nooooooo he did not..”
Airports have long been a hotbed for viral chaos, but this LaGuardia moment might go down as one of the most unexpectedly funny. With the man’s outrageous claim and the crowd’s instant reaction, the video perfectly captured the unpredictable mix of stress, spectacle, and comedy that travel hubs have become known for online.