Elbahrain.net After quite possibly saving a child’s life on Sunday, Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton has invited the young fan to a game.

Wharton caught the child after he fell headfirst from the Bank of America Stadium stands following the Chiefs’ 30-27 win against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sunday.

Speaking on the Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, Wharton said he had not had a chance to meet the child, but “would like to reach out to him, get him out to a game, and be able to reflect with him a little bit more, if I could.”

A video posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, shows the young fan leaning over the edge of the stands at Bank of America Stadium to call to the Chiefs players leaving the field following Sunday’s game. The child loses his footing before falling headfirst from the stands, which are roughly 10 feet above the ground.

The footage shows Wharton apparently catching the child, before lifting him back up into the stands.

It is not clear from the video whether a railing gave way, or whether the particular area that the young fan was leaning over was not covered by a fence. A second video, apparently taken before the fall, shows a security guard attempting to hold a child back while shouting: “You can’t lean over here!”

“It was a natural reaction,” the 26-year-old told McAfee about catching the child. “Usually, when I leave the game, I try to throw my gloves in the crowd, and I think I heard my name a little bit. And when I heard my name, I seen him coming down.

“There was two security guards there. I don’t think they realized what I was doing because they were looking at us. But I just had to kind of, like, push him into the stands a little bit to make sure he didn’t hit too hard,” he continued.

“I kind of grabbed him right by the back of his back, and kind of pushed him into the stands a little bit more.”

The incident has drawn criticism from across football and social media. Speaking on his New Heights podcast, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said: “I actually saw this and I just kept it moving. I felt bad after once I found out.

“I don’t know who the brainiac was to cut the railing right there. You see how there’s that little gap? What the f**k is that for?” he continued.

“Dude, he should fking go to school with a neck brace on and sue the fking Panthers. Get rich quick, kid.”

CNN has reached out to the Panthers for comment on Kelce’s comments.

Elbahrain.net When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on the line.

Now they have a new fear: becoming the personal targets of the world’s richest man – and his legions of followers.

Last week, in the midst of the flurry of his daily missives, Musk reposted two X posts that revealed the names and titles of people holding four relatively obscure climate-related government positions. Each post has been viewed tens of millions of times, and the individuals named have been subjected to a barrage of negative attention. At least one of the four women named has deleted her social media accounts.

Although the information he posted on those government positions is available through public online databases, these posts target otherwise unknown government employees in roles that do not deal directly with the public.

This isn’t new behavior for Musk, who has often singled out individuals who he claims have made mistakes or stand in his way. One former federal employee, previously targeted by Musk, said she experienced something very similar.

“It’s his way of intimidating people to either quit or also send a signal to all the other agencies that ‘you’re next’,” said Mary “Missy” Cummings, an engineering and computer science professor at George Mason University, who drew Musk’s ire because of her criticisms of Tesla when she was at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Going dark after attacks
Last week Musk reposted an account with the handle Fentasyl and the name “Datahazard,” which describes itself as “Unincorporated Think Tank ~~ Focus: Govt Efficiency, Civil Rights, Victim Advocacy.”

One of the posts reads: “I don’t think the US taxpayers should pay for the employment of a ’Director of Climate Diversification (she/her)’ at the US International Development Finance Corporation,” with a partial screengrab of an employee and her location.

Musk, who called himself “super pro climate” in an X post last year, reposted and commented: “So many fake jobs.” The post has received more than 33 million views and a storm of negative comments. Some called the role a “fraud job” and others demanded Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency cut jobs like it. One user commented: “Gravy train is over.”

It appears the woman Musk targeted has since gone dark on social media, shutting down her accounts. The agency, the US International Development Finance Corporation, says it supports investment in climate mitigation, resilience and adaptation in low-income countries experiencing the most devastating effects of climate change. A DFC official said the agency does not comment on individual personnel positions or matters.

environmental justice and climate change at the Department of Health and Human Services, was another Musk target. HHS focuses on protecting the public health from pollution and other environmental hazards, especially in low-income communities and communities of color that are experiencing a higher share of exposures and impacts. The office first launched at Health and Human Services under the Biden administration in 2022.

A senior adviser to climate at the Department of Housing and Urban Development was also singled out. The original X post said the woman “should not be paid $181,648.00 by the US taxpayer to be the ‘Climate advisor’ at HUD.” Musk reposted with the comment: “But maybe her advice is amazing.” Followed by two laughing emojis.

CNN reached out to all four federal employees who either declined comment or were unable to be reached. CNN also reached out to HHS, DOE and HUD for comment.

X did not respond to an email seeking comment.

The AFGE public union pointed out that as a federal contractor, Musk himself has benefited from government programs, with $750 billion per year spent on federal contractors compared to about $200 billion for the civilian federal workforce. “We are a comparative steal, and we want to help clean it up too,” Kelley said.

Putting people in harm’s way
Musk has done this kind of thing before – and it’s led to real danger for the people named.

Missy Cummings angered Musk when she was appointed a senior advisor at the NHTSA because her research and public comments were critical of Tesla’s driver-assist programs and she had called for regulating the systems.

Musk targeted Cummings on what was then called Twitter, and his legions of fans followed.

In an interview, Cummings said she received a torrent of attacks, including death threats, and had to temporarily relocate before she eventually moved.

Cummings said she already knows of federal employees who “have dedicated their lives to civil service,” already quitting their jobs in anticipation of what’s to come.

“He intended for them, for people just like this, to be intimidated and just go ahead and quit so he didn’t have to fire them. So his plan, to some extent, is working,” she said.

CNN reached out to multiple experts and academics who specialize in cyber harassment, doxing and online abuse. But several declined to comment on the record for fear of themselves becoming Musk’s targets.

“What has happened has an incredible and horrific chilling effect,” one of them said.

Another said they are “not surprised” with Musk’s re-posts, adding they are an example of a “classic pattern” of cyber harassment.

Ramaswamy did not directly respond to questions about singling out individual federal employees but told CNN: “Most federal employees, like most human beings, are fundamentally good people and deserve to be treated with respect, but the real problem is the bureaucracy.”

“Our opponent is not any particular individual. Our opponent is the bureaucracy,” he added.

In a follow-up post, the Fentasyl account, which itself is anonymous, wrote: “It goes without saying that you should not harass someone solely because they hold a senior government plum job that should probably not exist,” the account posted. “But senior government officials are not mere rank-and-file employees. We deserve to know who is running our government & what they do.”

Cummings, who was also one of the first female fighter pilots in the US Navy, said she felt an obligation to speak out.

“Somebody has got to speak out,” she said. “I’m just not going to let him win on this point.”

Elbahrain.net MMA fighter Conor McGregor, who lost a civil rape case on Friday, has said he will instruct his legal team to appeal the verdict, as large crowds in Dublin showed support to the woman involved in the case.

McGregor was accused of raping Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel room in 2018. On Friday, a civil court jury awarded Hand nearly 250,000 euros (roughly $263,600), after finding McGregor liable for assault, according to the Courts Service in Ireland.

According to the Associated Press, Hand said during the trial that the assault, after a night of partying, left her bruised and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Addressing the media after the verdict on Friday, she described the trial as a “nightmare,” and the assault as something “that I’ll never forget for the rest of my life.”

“I want to show (my daughter) Freya and every other girl and boy that you can stand up for yourself if something happens to you, no matter who the person is, and justice will be served,” she added.

“To all the victims of sexual assault, I hope my story is a reminder that no matter how afraid you might be – speak up, you have a voice and keep on fighting for justice.”

During the trial, McGregor maintained he never forced Hand to do anything against her will and said she fabricated the allegations after the two had consensual sex, according to the AP.

“As much as I regret it, everything that happened that night was consensual and all the witnesses present swore to that under oath,” McGregor wrote on X Monday.

When reached by CNN, the Courts Service in Ireland confirmed the decision but said that a written judgement was not available for a civil case.

Protests in Dublin
Large crowds gathered in Dublin Monday to show solidarity with Hand and criticize the decision made by the Irish director of public prosecutions (DPP) not to pursue a criminal case against McGregor.

According to AP, police investigated Hand’s complaint but prosecutors declined to bring charges, saying there was insufficient evidence and a conviction was unlikely.

Posting pictures of the protest, Fingal County councilor Ruth Coppinger wrote on X: “Huge questions over DPP turning down cases of #genderviolence. Nikita Hand was intoxicated & couldn’t give consent, she had massive injuries. Why can’t our legal system respond to survivors?”

A spokeswoman for the DPP told CNN that in Ireland, reasons for not pursuing a criminal case are generally not made available to the media or general public.