Lionel Messi celebrated his game-tying goal on Saturday night with another Marvel Universe celebration that quickly went viral.

Messi scored in the 67th minute in Inter Miami’s 1-1 draw against Charlotte FC, then placed his hands by his side, palms down, and began to raise his heels — for liftoff just like Iron Man.

The celebrations drawing inspiration from Marvel characters began during Messi’s first season with Inter Miami a year ago and continued Saturday. He looked toward his kids in the stands at Chase Stadium as he performed the Iron Man gesture.

Messi previously celebrated goals by reaching out for Thor’s hammer, crossing his arms over his chest like the Black Panther and shooting out webs like Spider-Man.

Messi told the Miami Herald last August the celebrations began after watching Marvel movies with his sons before they began school last year, shortly after his Inter Miami arrival.

“My three sons are still on vacation, have not started school yet, so every night we watch Marvel superhero movies. They came up with the idea and asked that whenever I have a game and score a goal, I do a Marvel superhero celebration. That’s how it started, and we continued that ritual,” Messi said. “Each time we watched a new movie, we would practice a goal celebration. But I only do them for home games, when the kids are here, near me, so we can share those moments. When I see them in the stands, that is when I do them.”

Messi and Inter Miami will play in what could be the biggest game of the MLS season on Wednesday against the reigning champion Columbus Crew.

With a win, Inter Miami could secure the MLS Supporters’ Shield, a title given to the team with the best regular-season record. It would be Messi’s second title with Inter Miami, after winning Leagues Cup 2023.

Newly emerged film video of former President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade driving down a freeway in Dallas, Texas, toward a hospital after he was fatally shot on Nov. 22, 1963, sold on Saturday for $137,500 at an auction.

The home film was offered by RR Auction in Boston, Massachusetts, The Associated Press reported. The buyer wishes to remain anonymous, according to the auction house.

The auction house’s executive vice president, Bobby Livingston, said in a news release that the film offers “a gripping sense of urgency and heartbreak.”

The film has been held by the family of Dale Carpenter Sr., the man who recorded it, since the day of the assassination. Carpenter died in 1991 at the age of 77.

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In the footage, Carpenter just misses the limousine carrying the president and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy but records other vehicles in the motorcade driving down Lemmon Avenue toward downtown Dallas. The video then shows that the president has been shot, and captures the motorcade as it races down Interstate 35 towards Parkland Memorial Hospital, where the president was pronounced dead.

The shots were fired as the motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in front of the Texas School Book Depository, where assassin Lee Harvey Oswald had positioned himself on the sixth floor.

The assassination itself was captured on film by Abraham Zapruder.

Home film footage of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade speeding down a Dallas freeway to the hospital after he was fatally wounded on Nov. 22, 1963. (RR Auction)

Carpenter’s footage from I-35 lasts about 10 seconds and shows Secret Service Agent Clint Hill jumping onto the back of the limousine as the shots were fired, hovering in a standing position over the president and first lady.

According to Carpenter’s grandson, James Gates, it was known in his family that his grandfather had film from the day of the shooting, but it was not often discussed.

When the film, which had been stored along with other family films in a milk crate, was eventually passed on to him, Gates said he was unsure what his grandfather had captured.

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A box of home film footage of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade speeding down a Dallas freeway to the hospital after he was fatally wounded on Nov. 22, 1963. (RR Auction)

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Gates was initially underwhelmed by the footage from Lemmon Avenue when he projected it onto his bedroom wall around 2010 until he observed the footage from I-35.

“That was shocking,” he said.

The auction house has released still photos from the portion of the film showing the motorcade speeding down I-35, but it is not making video of that part publicly available.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Clean up efforts in Metro Atlanta neighborhoods hit hard by Helene continued Saturday.

Several homes along Peachtree Creek in Northwest Atlanta were underwater Thursday night into Friday morning.

Orlando Bejarano’s home off Woodward Parkway experienced significant damage.

“I don’t know. It’s very painful. All the hard work, the things that you love, gone. It’s very difficult,” he said.

Bejarano says he lost three cars and several cherished items in what felt like a blink of eye.

“It all was full of water when we left here,” he said.

He says he’s trying to salvage what’s left.

Just a few miles up the road on Manor Drive. Rust Richards was doing the same.

“Even right now, we don’t know if we need to move out, we don’t know if we need to lift the house. The uncertainty is more anxiety producing,” said Richards.

Contractors were out working on repairs at his home Saturday.

The area experienced similar catastrophic flooding in 2009.

Residents Atlanta News First spoke to say they are reliving that experience over again.

Richards says the rising waters from Helene reached historic heights. Like many others, he’s choosing to see the silver lining.

“This is tough stuff, it’s not easy,” Richards said. “At the same time everyone is healthy. Everyone is safe.”

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