October 21, 2003
Teen Killed In Subway Fall
"A teenage passenger trying to subway surf on a C train was killed Monday when he hit his head on a girder, plunged to the tracks in a Chelsea tunnel and was run over by another train, transit officials said."
Out of respect for this kid's family (something I don't always show), I'll reserve most of my comments on this story. But this isn't scary, it's just plain stupid and unlike a lot of the things I like to here, totally avoidable.
I work around the corner from this subway station and I use it frequently. Around 3 pm, a bunch of schools in the neighborhood are all let out at the same time and the streets are filled with students. The subway station usually has about 20 cops on the platform herding them onto trains to prevent fights and whatnot. They're not there to stop this sort of thing from happening, but it still surprises me that some people would try something like this.
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posted by at October 21, 2003 1:23 AM
