Posted on 10/02/2021 3:05:01 PM PDT by Libloather
A man in New York City died early Saturday morning while subway surfing on top of the J-train on the Williamsburg Bridge.
The 32-year-old man lost his footing, fell from the train onto the tracks, and was struck by an incoming train, the New York Police Department (NYPD) confirmed to CNN.
Officers found him "unconscious and unresponsive" around 4:35 a.m. and emergency medical services pronounced him dead at the scene.
Authorities have not yet identified the individual.
**SNIP**
"Riding on top of trains is not smart," MTA Spokesperson Tim Minton told CNN.
Thrill seekers often find their way on top of the train cars in attempts to surf the subway. In 2019, a 14-year-old boy died after getting struck while subway surfing, CNN affiliate Spectrum News NY1 reported.
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If only he was skeet surfing, he would have been fine.
Probably have to be a closed casket.
My dad, standing on the 10th floor balcony overlooking the pool to the real-estate lady:
“And I can jump right into the pool from here!”
“Yes. But only once.”
“Officers found him “unconscious and unresponsive”..”
And in two pieces.
“Thirty-two, and he did an unbelievably irresponsible thing like that.”
I wonder who was holding his beer while he did it?
No! Climate change!
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
That's one way to put it.
Let’s go surfin now
Everybody’s learnin how
Come on and safari with me
Assuming he hasn’t reproduced yet, he is a solid candidate for the Darwin Award.
I wonder who was holding the video camera. This is a tiktoc stunt if i ever saw one.
**** He will be sadly missed. ****
Sadly, he wasn’t missed.
I rode motorcycles for years which was probably worse.
I bet it was a cool Tik Tok video.
Yet another covid death
This is nothing new for NYC kids. It all started in the 1890’s; trolleys crisscross Ed Brooklyn. Kids would play chicken with the trolley and you knew when the trolley won. Lots of kids with one leg, or arm
Bet he voted Democrat.
If he didn’t he will now…
“Riding on top of trains is not smart,” MTA Spokesperson Tim Minton told CNN.
Ya think?
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