On October 4, New York City police found two girls dead in what is being called a subway surfing incident that turned fatal. The girls were 12 and 13 years old. Authorities said. “Getting on top of a subway car isn’t ‘surfing’ — it’s suicide,” said Demetrius Crichlow, president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Authorities have tried to address the problem with public awareness campaigns — including a new one featuring Grammy Award-winning rapper Cardi B. They have also deployed drones to catch thrill-seekers in the act. He added, that the grieving families and the transit workers who discovered the girls have been “horribly shaken by this tragedy.”