October 16, 2007
Subway Surfer Dies Along C Line
A young man died when he fell from the roof of a C train last night. The 21-year-old had been riding on top of the southbound train car, "subway surfing" when he fell just north of the West 155th Street stop.
A track worker told WNBC 4 that the victim "was holding on and he came to a wall that was long and it whacked him." Another witness said that the station was flooded with rescue workers, "We didn't know exactly what happened, but they went down in the subway station and they blocked it off and that was that. They didn't let anyone else go in or out until I guess it all was cleared out."
The C was suspended for a few hours. The police believe the victim, who was homeless, was on his way to a "safe haven program" with his friends.
In 2003, there were three incidents of subway surfing and at least one more in 2005, prompting the MTA to start a "Don't Surf the Train - Surf the Web" campaign. More recently, a train was stopped last month to get a subway surfer off the roof of a subway car. And back in 2000, the Village Voice spoke to some subway surfers: "The 400-ton machine starts up again, building toward a speed of 30 miles per hour, and the young men move to their feet, defying the laws of physics and common sense."
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Does anyone see the appeal in subway surfing? It's honestly just so beyond my comprehension why someone would do that. If anyone can explain it, would you enlighten me?
Ain't Darwinism grand?
I'm sorry, on top? And the award goes to...
I don't read the voice - did it mention that so-called "subway surfing" was a popular pastime with the homeless?
I don't think this would appeal to anyone over the age of 21. I remember thinking that riding between cars was fun at 17. Now, not so much.
Once less jerk-off ghetto child. I'm crying.
How can one not be thrilled to surf on top of a dirt covered moving train through dark, roach and rat infested damp and littered tunnels? Sound pretty awesome to me.
Subway surfing is part of graffiti culture...you know those kids that tag water towers and the roofs of old abandoned buildings? Same principle, roughly. Urban daredevils.
Nevertheless, its is probably one of the stupidest things a person can do.
Sounds like "Jackass" for bored kids who don't live in the suburbs.
The need to do reckless things at high speed is not limited to people with cars.
So very sad. Yet anothet dumb ass trying to get a cheap (in this case, expensive) thrill. Maybe it will stop another kid from doing it? Maybe.
wow, that's pretty inept surfing
if only he had seen Speed.
What this boy high enough?