There has been a disturbing increase in incidents of so-called 'subway surfing' in the city, some of them ending in death. Now, City Hall is launching a new campaign to prevent people from riding on top of trains. AliBaumanTV has the story.
She had no idea her son was even into what's known as subway surfing.READ MOREZackary Nazario's friend says he was one of many kids who filmed his rides.
"The week before he died we were in the bathroom and he showed me a video coming back from Far Rockaway on the 7 train with all the snow. 'Look how beautiful.' I was like, you're gonna die. I shook him and said if you don't cut this out you're going to die and he said, 'Yeah, yeah, I know.' Like, that was my last train ride," Loreti said.
Last year, there were 928 reported incidents of people riding outside subway trains in the city -- a 366% increase from the year prior. "I think it has been glorified by social media. We certainly seen a lot of activity as a result of that," New York City Transit Authority President Richard Davey said."Those social media companies have been working with us to take that footage, those pictures down."Many surfers use the doors between subway cars to climb on top. The MTA locks some of the doors, but keeps many of them unlocked so they can be used as emergency exits.
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