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15-year-old in critical condition after hitting head while surfing on top of NYC train
NBC News / Comcast ^ | June 24, 2022 | By Marlene Lenthang

Posted on 06/24/2022 5:52:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after hitting his head while subway surfing on top of a New York City train Thursday evening, officials say.

The boy was believed to have been riding on top of the train car as it entered the station and struck his head on “an unknown object” and suffered “severe head trauma," according to police.

He was removed from the top of the train and transported to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition.

Earlier this month, a video circulated on social media showing about eight people subway surfing, running and even dancing on top of a northbound J train as it passed over the Williamsburg Bridge. Those suspects have not been identified.

However, subway surfing is dangerous. In October 2021, a 32-year-old man died after falling on the tracks while subway surfing on a J train over the Williamsburg Bridge.

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Local News; Travel
KEYWORDS: maroon; subway; surfing
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To: metmom

Ben Crump will soon have a presser with victims single mother who is looking for the city to pay her and valedictorian, up and comming rapper son for $$$$$$$$$$ ghetto lottery pay out. Because...racism.


21 posted on 06/24/2022 6:27:56 AM PDT by Pigsley (I)
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To: EEGator

Silly me. /s


22 posted on 06/24/2022 6:33:24 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Mr. Darwin? Please pick up the White Courtesy Phone in the Lobby!”


23 posted on 06/24/2022 6:35:26 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: skr

“Stupid, self-centered people who think they’re immortal and that the rest of the world exists to clean up after them.”

IOW, Teenage Boys? I raised three, each only a year apart. Still can’t believe I survived it!


24 posted on 06/24/2022 6:37:09 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A kid from my high school thought it would be cool to get on the train and hop from boxcar to boxcar. He missed, fell down and was cut in half by the wheels.


25 posted on 06/24/2022 6:39:46 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Amazing how language is used to persuade, not to inform:
“subway surfing “, “knockout game”, “mostly peaceful”.


26 posted on 06/24/2022 6:44:20 AM PDT by I want the USA back (To get the USA back - we have to recover from the current wave of insanity.)
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To: skr
Stupid, self-centered people who think they’re immortal and that the rest of the world exists to clean up after them.

What the hell is wrong with you? He's a 15 year old kid.

Seriously, how mean-spirited and bitter can you get?

27 posted on 06/24/2022 6:48:08 AM PDT by Right_in_Virginia ( )
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To: metmom

Kids, especially boys, do stupid things. I know I did but somehow I survived them.


28 posted on 06/24/2022 6:51:48 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: skr

I think that is called being young. I was once that way and thankful to have made it through.


29 posted on 06/24/2022 6:55:23 AM PDT by TBall
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Most teenagers need a leash on them until they reach 21.


30 posted on 06/24/2022 7:11:08 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I believe thats a Darwin recipient.


31 posted on 06/24/2022 7:37:10 AM PDT by Rappini
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Basic physics in action. Must not have believed Science.


32 posted on 06/24/2022 7:44:52 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: bigdaddy45

Dittoes again!


33 posted on 06/24/2022 7:45:42 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: Right_in_Virginia

So that we can get this straight, no one told him it was a stupid idea, no one told him that he could die, and no one told him that death is forever without a game reset button.

And no one ever EVER honked a car horn at him crossing the street, for getting in the way.

Kinda like a flat squirrel.

i’m not bitter. Stupidity is supposed to hurt.


34 posted on 06/24/2022 7:50:55 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: drSteve78

There is a term “The Invincibility of Youth”. Often fails.


35 posted on 06/24/2022 7:52:15 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: skr

In my day folks like this were called “Examples” and were used by Mom & Dad anytime I got close to a stupid idea - “Remember what happened to that kid in ... - he broke his neck / poked an eye out / his face froze like that”.


36 posted on 06/24/2022 7:58:50 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (2016: Lock her up! 2020: Build that wall! 2024: Repeal 17!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

India?


37 posted on 06/24/2022 8:39:29 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dancing = twerking.


38 posted on 06/24/2022 8:43:38 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: drSteve78
Basic physics in action. Must not have believed Science.

You can ignore the laws of physics, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring the laws of physics!

39 posted on 06/24/2022 9:15:44 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: SAMWolf

Can we start a Go Fund for grease for the train roofs?


40 posted on 06/24/2022 9:42:23 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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