‘Oh no!’ Kool-Aid Man TikTok challenge back on Staten Island
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‘Oh no!’ Kool-Aid Man TikTok challenge back on Staten Island

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Oh no!

Twisted teens have resurrected the “Kool-Aid Man Challenge,” which wreaked havoc across Staten Island and elsewhere between 2021 and 2023, leading to some arrests.

The destructive TikTok challenge requires teens mimic the popular Kool-Aid commercials, in which the bright-red drink’s pitcher mascot bursts through walls and fences.

The vandals who destroyed Ben Helwa’s fence were filmed in the act. Ben Helwa via NBC New York

The challenge often requires participants yell out, “Oh yeah!,” the Kool-Aid Man’s catchphrase before hurling themselves into fencing.

Staten Island’s Ben Helwa said he paid for costly repairs to his home in the Eltingville neighborhood, after a bunch of Kool kids busted through his fence earlier this month, NBC New York reported.

Two gaping holes were left in the vinyl fencing. Ben Helwa via NBC New York

“I didn’t find it so funny waking up finding out I have big cost ahead to repair my fence,” he told the outlet.

Helwa said the teens can be seen in surveillance footage using a flashlight, leading him to suspect they filmed their sophomoric shenanigans.

A fence was also atomized Monday in the Prince Bay, Staten Island, the outlet reported.

The Kool-Aid Man always made a dramatic entrance.

It was unclear if the same group was to blame.

In New York, inflicting property damage over $250 is considered third-degree felony criminal mischief.

In 2021 and 2023, incidents were reported in Centereach, Northport, and Selden on Long Island and Staten Island’s Westerleigh neighborhood.

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