Wild chase unfolds at SFO when man breaks through security, runs onto tarmac

A wild chase became a spectacle on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday when a man who appeared to be under the influence broke through a secure area to escape police.

The incident started when the unnamed man was sitting on a bench at a Southwest gate in Terminal One, KPIX reported, and began behaving oddly and pulled his beanie hat nearly all the way over his face.

Onlookers notified a Southwest gate agent who called security. When police approached, the man took off running and jumped over a series of dividers that the officers trailing behind him attempted to leap over, but fell.

He then ran out into traffic, continuing to impress with his athletic ability when he jumped from the terminal's upper level to the lower level.

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"Who survives that kind of thing?" traveler Dan Callies told KPIX. "Someone who's crazy. Someone who has no fear. Adrenaline kicks and gets you going."

The man made his way to the tarmac where officers on foot and in cars circled him, until he finally fell to the ground.

The man was taken to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

Cell phone video footage captured the event, sharing the intense chase that becomes a comedy of errors at times.