Conley
10-29-2011, 12:14 PM
After being freed following a nearly five-month stint in an Egyptian jail during that country's uprising, Queens native Ilan Grapel received interesting news: The New York Mets won the World Series during his isolation.
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The misinformation was a joke played by Rep. Gary Ackerman, according to the New York Post.
In a news conference in Tel Aviv following his release, the newspaper reports, Grapel said: "There's so many people to thank, and after being cut off for the past five months ..."
At that point, the Post reports, Ackerman chimed in: "We told him the Mets won the World Series."
http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7163808/2011-world-series-freed-prisoner-ilan-grapel-told-new-york-mets-won-all-report-says
That's just mean! Especially after being in an Egyptian prison, I would just be glad to get out of there alive.
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The misinformation was a joke played by Rep. Gary Ackerman, according to the New York Post.
In a news conference in Tel Aviv following his release, the newspaper reports, Grapel said: "There's so many people to thank, and after being cut off for the past five months ..."
At that point, the Post reports, Ackerman chimed in: "We told him the Mets won the World Series."
http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7163808/2011-world-series-freed-prisoner-ilan-grapel-told-new-york-mets-won-all-report-says
That's just mean! Especially after being in an Egyptian prison, I would just be glad to get out of there alive.