The authorities identified as Alam Reyes the 14-year-old teenager who died “surfing” on Friday in the New York Subway, a very dangerous practice that is apparently encouraged through challenges on social networks.
His half-brother Diego Tinoco, a 32-year-old adult, told Daily News that after the death of Kings the members of his family in queens They checked their social networks and were surprised that the teenager, who had never talked about surfing on the Subway, was following people doing that dangerous trick and posting about it. “There are many of them. There are many children doing it,” he emphasized. “They do it only for publications” on networks.
That’s why suggested other parents to “Do more research on social media to see who they (their children) follow, to see who they date… “When you see the videos people post about surfing the Metro, you realize it’s already too late.”
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Alam Reyes, 14, was killed in Brooklyn. Brother tells News of the boy’s social. “You see who he’s following … now it’s too late.”
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Reyes I was traveling with a friend on the roof of an F train bound for Coney Island in Brooklyn on Friday when he fell around 2:20 p.m., according to the NYPD.
The friend continued to the next stop and returned to the Avenue N flyover, where he spoke with police and firefighters, authorities said. Paramedics who responded to the station in Midwood on McDonald Ave. pronounced the teen dead. in the place.
“I talked to him the day he died,” Tinoco said of his half-brother. “I just said good morning because he was going to work.” He believes the student at Landmark High School in Chelsea ditched class on Friday and opted to surf the Metro. “He was a good kid, he had a lot of friends… he was just in the wrong circle.”
The young man lived in Ridgewood (Queens) with his mother, who works several jobs to make ends meet, according to Sing Goh, a lifelong neighbor.
The tragedy occurred while Officials still trying to crack down on Subway surfing. Last year the MTA and the mayor’s office launched a campaign urging young people to avoid this dangerous trend, and lThe New York police have deployed drones to catch surfers in the act.
Last winter The MTA said it would ask social media companies to remove videos of Subway “surfers,” President Janno Lieber said in February a day after the death of Zackery Nazario (15), reported Gothamist. But that has not happened and the cases continue.
In March, a 14-year-old boy died after falling between New York City Subway cars in the Bronx. “In New York City, incidents of people riding outside of train cars, known as ‘surfing’ on the Subway, have more than quadrupled in a year. “Two recent deaths show the dangers of a trend fueled by social networks,” he commented then. The New York Times.
Authorities continue to fight to discourage young people from surfing the subway. “Surfing on the Metro kills. Kill,” he insisted. alcalde Eric Adams during a visit to the Bushwick station in June following a new tragedy. “We can do better and social media must play a role in addressing this issue,” she added.
A record 928 people were caught riding out of New York Subway cars in 2022, more than four times than in the previous two years.
2024-01-16 20:33:00
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