[Fredslist] Amazing Giant Fan Story
Fred Klein
fklein at legal.org
Wed Feb 6 17:48:55 EST 2008
To see photos and video click on snapfish links at bottom of his email.
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From: "Fred Klein" <fklein at kleinzelman.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:27:43
To:fredslist at gothamnetworking.com
Subject: [Fredslist] Amazing Giant Fan Story
The below email was sent to me by a reliable friend. In a word it is
amazing and every fan's dream. read and enjoy. I have not been able to see
the pictures and maybe someone can help me with that.
Hello everyone, I know many of you have heard about my story so far but for
those of you that haven't......Take the time to read below (it's long but
worth it) and look at the pictures and watch the videos. I had the best day
of my life yesterday and it is one of the funniest stories you will ever
hear.
So I got home from Arizona late Monday night after seeing the Giants win an
amazing Super Bowl. I had an unbelievable weekend and I didn't think it
could ever be topped....until yesterday.
Around 11:30 yesterday morning I decided to go and checkout the Giants
ticker-tape parade. I figured I would just go for an hour or so and then
head back home to get some work done. Little did I know it would turn into
an 8 hour affair.
I received a pass to get onto the City Hall grounds (Thanks Mr. Karafiol)
which got me relatively near the action. Once I realized that my designated
section was actually pretty far away from the stage, I decided to move a
little closer. I then snuck into the press section directly in front of the
stage. I was sporting my Eli Manning Super Bowl jersey with a Giants hat
and around my neck I had my lanyard and ticket stub from the Super Bowl.
That is what saved me all day. The lanyard looked very "professional" so I
was able to sneak into the press area.
Once the ceremony was over and the Giants started to move off of the stage,
I creeped up to the stage. I then looked behind me and John Mara was there
with his wife (the majority owner of the team). I then kind of blended in
with his family as they were walking out and next thing I knew I got
through the first security checkpoint. There were three more security
checkpoints and with each one I got more and more nervous. I simply just
walked aside Mr. Mara and his family (which was about 20 people deep) so it
wasn't hard for me to blend in really. Next thing I know, they are guiding
us to the other side of City Hall where there are four luxury buses
waiting. I just kept walking along and next thing I know I had two of the
four buses to choose from. I wanted to find the players bus but I didn't
want to press my luck so I stayed with what worked. I just kept following
Mr. Mara. I actually got on the bus directly in between him and his wife. I
then sat down on the bus and just kept my head down. I didn't make eye
contact with anyone or speak to anyone, I was so nervous. Sitting next to
me was David Tyree's mother (he was two rows back with his son) and one row
in front of me to my right was John Mara and his daughter (who happens to
be gorgeous)
As we are pulling away from City Hall, the streets are lined with Giants
fans cheering for "us" and we had a police escort the entire way to Giants
Stadium. That's where things got interesting. We got off the bus and were
escorted directly into the Stadium tunnel. This is where I thought I was
going to get caught. I had no idea what to do next. All of the players went
in the locker room and all the Mara's said they were going up to the
owner's box for the ceremony. I had to make a decision. I then saw David
Tyree walking in with his little son and decided I would act like I was
with them. I walked right behind him and got right into the locker room. So
now the real fun starts. I'm hanging out as if I'm a player while all the
guys in the locker room are just getting each other's autographs on the
game balls and on their jerseys. This was my time to shine. I walked around
and took some pictures of some of the lockers and then I got to Eli's. I
asked Eli if he could sign my ticket stub from the Super Bowl, which he
did. I then asked him to sign my Super Bowl jersey, which he did. I was
then ecstatic and didn't know what to do. I even had people coming up to me
asking me for my autograph. They must have thought I was Lawrence Tynes
(the kicker) or something.
I stopped getting autographs at that point other than Brandon Jacobs
signing my hat. By then all of the players were being called onto the field
for the ceremony. So I figured...why not go with them. I walked right out
into the tunnel with them and as they announced the players coming out, I
just stood there shaking, thinking I was bound to get caught. I look to my
left and Tom Coughlin is literally about 6 inches from me holding the
Lombardi trophy (see great picture). Then I just went for it....I walked
out there like I was on the team. I came out and there were probably
20-30,000 fans at the stadium all screaming and going crazy. I tried to
take as much video as I could but I was so nervous/scared/excited at the
same time. My favorite picture of the whole event can be found at
www.nj.com/giants/ where I am directly behind Tom Coughlin running around
the field. I watched the whole ceremony from literally right in front of
the stage.
After the ceremony, I had to try to sneak back in to the locker room. I
then saw a couple people of the Mara family (there were so many of them)
that must not have gone up to the luxury box and once again I just acted
like I was a family member. Next thing I know, I make it through two more
security checkpoints and I'm right back in the locker room. This is where
it was awesome. All the players were just dancing around and having a good
time. Many of them were cleaning out their lockers and throwing things
away. This is where I took all the pictures with the players. I could care
less if I got caught at this point. I was just a lucky Giant fan that
happened to sneak his way into the press section, then on to the owners
bus, onto the field and into the locker room, all while going unnoticed. I
then walked around the locker room and got every single player to sign my
hat and I even got Gibril Wilson's game sweatshirt from him that he signed
for me.
So I walked away with an Eli Manning signed Super Bowl ticket, an Eli
signed Super Bowl jersey, a hat signed by the whole team, my City Hall
access pass signed by Strahan (which is going to Mr. Karafiol as a thank
you) and Gibril Wilson's signed game sweatshirt.
All more importantly I walked away with the great memories of the entire
weekend and I was lucky enough to live them first hand. Thank god I have
the pictures to prove it because I knew none of you would ever believe me.
I had an angel looking down on me yesterday making sure I had an
unbelievable day and I know that angel was my sister Jaime. I can just
picture her now...........smiling from ear to ear and being so happy for
me.
Enjoy the pics.
Joe
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Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:37 AM
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Fred C. Klein
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