Tragically, this topic keeps coming up. My deepest condolences to the family.

For the people who say "No Big deal jumping back and forth!" , as individuals, if you want to play Russian Roulette with a gun, It's your privilege. Kindly make sure no one else is in the line of fire.

As for me: I own nothing that is worth risking my life over. That includes my camera, Wedding Ring, etc. Anything of mine falls to the tracks, I'll either Kiss it good bye or harass the Station attendant to arrange to get it.

I really hope we don't read about any of you dare devils jumping down to the tracks...

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=34107, for some reason the link didn't come out when I typed it in. This is the news article about that 14 year old's death from attempting to surf atop an underground C train. Don't be influencing kids to do dumb shit like this, they got a whole life ahead of them & they are our future. If you have a heart, don't endanger the minds and lives of our youth.

Here is the link: http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=34107

For the dumb muthafuckas who think this is a joke & like to do stunts such as subway surfing, read this atricle about a 14 year old boy who did it & see if he lived to tell the story,

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All this dumb shit that yo say about the subway tracks being ok to play in does influence kids to do it. The worst thing is to have kids think

that dumb shit like cool, risque, thuggish, or gangsta will cause them to do it because of peer pressure and the ambition to be popular among their fellow classmates. Kids are our future, don't convince them to end their lives because you want to end yours. One day, you might be playing these games on the subway tracks and you will end up loosing your life instead of winning an adrenaline rush.

All this shit that y'all are saying about subway playing being fun defies all the laws of smart, street smart & logical thinking. Don't worry, you will find out that you can't defy the laws of physics and conduction (by electricity) when you are hit by a train or electrocuted by the third rail. Dammit, use your fucking COMMON SENSE and stay away from the fucking platform edge!!

These comments are just some of the stupidest things I ever heard. If I dropped something in the tracks, I would ask one of the MTA personnel for help. I would not dare cross the tracks, not even for a million dollars. Two things to consider when you are in the tracks dumbasses: (1) An oncoming train is rushing towards you at a speed that no average human can outrun, (2) There is the third rail (for the people who don't know, the rail on the outside that is covered up by wood), pumped up with over 600 volts of current and electricity that can electrocute you & fry you till you are as burnt to a crisp like charcoal and over burnt food, both meaning instant DEATH. Like the guy said before, you are playing Russian Roulette with your lives if you are playing around in the tracks. I would never do it & I would NOT allow anybody to force me or convince me to go get an object dropped in the subway tracks. If you wanna be a daredevil & do dumb shit, hey, its your life. Go ahead with your stunts, I guarantee you will not live to tell about it. Just because people back in the 1970's and 1980's played daredevils and put up grafitti in the subways doesn't mean that they survived doing it. The news doesn't report every incident that goes on in the city and I bet plenty of these daredevils either got their body grinded up from being hit by a train or fried & barbecued to the point of no survival by accidentally touching the third rail.

There is simple solution to this problem, do not stand by the friggin' subway platform edge! If you do this, not only will you be safer but you will also avoid loosing shit in the tracks. Some people said that the third rail power cuts off before the train enters the station, BULLSHIT. The third rail is LIVE (meaning turned on and pumped full of electricity) all the time & until I hear a story that someone touched it in the station and survived, I am not going to investigate the scientific methods and myths of curiousity and death. Anyways, your life is your perogative. Just don't be the dumb muthafucka doin' it in front of my eyes cause if I see somebody hit by the train or electrocuted by the third rail, I might need psychiatric help. Just like the conductors say 'Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors', stand clear of the fucking platform edge and stay away from it, cause there are some crazy muthafuckas in this city that are blood thirst and wouldn't think twice to push off off the platform in front of an oncoming train. You live and learn from experience but that's one experience you learn without living afterwards. Don't be a dumb muthfucka, stand clear of the fucking platform edge!!

I remember being really disturbed by most of the comments in here at the time. This poor guy was probably just as crazy all of you talking about running across the tracks. A lost $2 fare isn't worth dying over for real.

some 1 said the train comes 40-50 mph. Actually it comes 20-30 mph, so if ya in the tracks you have time to climb out. I do think the subway is a nice place to meet women. And to impress a female, i would jump in the tracks and come out to get a female.

You people who think it's possible to be "smart and careful" while hanging out on the subway tracks frighten me... I swear I lose a good week off my own life every time I see someone take a stupid risk in a subway station, and I've never even seen anyone dumb enough, or unlucky enough, to actually get down onto the tracks; I'm just talking people who jump between the closing doors, assuming they won't be dragged, or the people who push their way to the very edge of the tracks so they can be the first to get on the train when it arrives. People die doing these things! Even if you don't value your own life enough to care, spare me the anxiety, please. I don't care to witness any grisly subway-related incidents.

"The third rail only turns on if a incoming train is approaching."

I don't know about you, but that's something I'm not willing to verify.

"If you're smart and careful you can play in the tracks."

It'a always fun to watch the logic of a sentence collapse on itself.

"If you're smart and careful you can play in the tracks as much as you want. You dont need to be particularly athletic. It just takes some practice :)"

(sigh)

And Just think, With a little Practice, You could also Subway Surf!

Riddle me this, folks, Why is jumping on the Tracks an Acceptable risk for some, but Apparently Subway Surfing isn't?

I Just don't get it.

Hey you daredevils, bet I can guess your favorite vegetable:

Squash.

I've run from station to station, most recently while drunk and bored with friends waiting for a train that was taking too long. Also in high school when I used to write graff. Its fun but you come out really really dirty with black soot and the gound has deep puddles filled with the nastiest "water" that smells like death.

I had a friend who would jump into the tracks and wait for a train to come and basically play chicken with the L train, waiting as long as he could before climbing out. And he was shorter than me, I'm 5'10".

If you're smart and careful you can play in the tracks as much as you want. You dont need to be particularly athletic. It just takes some practice :)

Sweet. sign me up for that fear factor and gimme the money. as kids we used to crush coins on the elevated 7. I still have the sandwiched nickel-penny-nickel slugs sitting in my drawer.

Wow, I can't believe how cavalier and foolhardy some of you people are. But I'll make money off you anyway. I';m coming to nyc and shooting an episode of my new series "MTA Fear Factor." The challenge: hopping down to the track and retrieving your wallet while eating a live rat.

The third rail only turns on if a incoming train is approaching.

ALso i got a story. I was on 86st and lexington avenue and I was trying to go downtown, and this was late at night. so I was on the uptown platform, and being that you cant transfer downtown, I jumped on to the tracks, and walked over to the downtown platform. Was no big deal, Its just like crossing a street.

The 3rd rail is just to the outside of the track, on the side away from the platform. It's that raised rail thing with a cover over it.

And to answer your next question, no, I have not succeeded in peeing on the third rail.

Um, could someone tell me where the third rail is? Not that I'm interested in going onto the tracks or anything...

Shoulda thrown that guy onto the tracks.

lol Damn Kate.

Gotta love the MTA. Always looking out for our safety.

A friend of mine dropped something on the tracks once, and asked an MTA employee for help, and WAS TOLD by an MTA employee to get it himself.