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Fox News
16-07-2025
- Fox News
Drone surveillance catches kids in dangerous high-speed stunt atop moving subway train in New York City
Three teenagers and one 12-year-old boy were apprehended by police after an NYPD drone captured them riding on top of a train in New York City Thursday passing through multiple stations at a high speed. NYPD drone footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows the four subway surfers — between the ages of 12 and 16 — climbing up the side of the moving northbound 6 express train as it passed beneath the Westchester Avenue Bridge. The minors can then be seen standing up and forming a line, some of them jumping up and down and spreading their arms. The NYPD Technical Assistance Response Unit Drone Team. while conducting anti-subway surfing operations in the area, spotted the surfing and transmitted the four boys' descriptions and photos to transit district officers, according to the NYPD. The train was then stopped at the Parkchester train station in the Bronx, and the young men were taken into custody. "These apprehensions marked the 200th subway surfing apprehension by the Drone Team's operation since deployments began in November of 2023, and 200 lives potentially saved in just the last 20 months," an NYPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital in an email. In 2023, a 15-year-old boy was killed while subway surfing on a train crossing the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City. The teen was standing on top of a northbound J train when he struck his head on a structure and fell below the train.
The Independent
15-07-2025
- The Independent
Drone footage shows teenagers riding on top of subway train
Four young males, aged between 12 and 16, were apprehended after allegedly being caught subway surfing on a moving train in New York City. The incident occurred on Thursday, 10 July, on a northbound 6 express train in the Bronx. NYPD drone footage captured a group of boys standing on top of and between carriages, leading to transit officers and police stopping the train. The alleged subway-surfers were taken into custody at Parkchester Station, with no injuries reported. Watch the video in full above.
CNN
15-07-2025
- CNN
Four apprehended after drone video shows them subway surfing in New York City
While conducting anti-subway surfing operations, an NYPD transit drone team caught four individuals riding on top of an express train. The four males ranging in age from 12 to 16 were apprehended.
CNN
15-07-2025
- CNN
Four apprehended after drone video shows them subway surfing in New York City
While conducting anti-subway surfing operations, an NYPD transit drone team caught four individuals riding on top of an express train. The four males ranging in age from 12 to 16 were apprehended.
New York Times
04-07-2025
- New York Times
Fatally Injured Teenager Is Discovered on Top of a N.Y.C. Subway Car
The deadly trend among New York City youth of riding on top of speeding trains, known as subway surfing, may have claimed another victim on Friday. An unresponsive and injured boy, 15, was found on the roof of a 7 train at Queensboro Plaza, in Queens, around 2:45 a.m., according to the police. The authorities transported him to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The cause of death is still under investigation, the police said. But it appeared to be a failed attempt at the dangerous, thrill-seeking practice of train surfing, which has plagued the city for almost as long as there has been a subway system. 'This was as avoidable as it is tragic,' said Demetrius Crichlow, the president of New York City Transit, the division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that oversees the subway system. 'I implore family, friends, teachers and anyone else who knows children that are even thinking about riding outside subway cars to persuade them it's not some video game — it's suicidal.' In recent years, the number of fatalities linked to the practice has climbed as a new generation of daredevils has tried its luck, spurred on by videos of subway surfers on social media, transit and law enforcement officials have said. The M.T.A. has been working with social media platforms, including Instagram and TikTok, to remove subway surfing footage. As of mid-June, more than 1,800 videos had been taken down, according to a news release from the authority last month. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
