On Saturday, the city of New York woke to heartbreaking news that two teenage girls, aged 12 and 13, were found dead on top of a subway car at the Marcy Avenue–Broadway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The incident, which authorities believe is linked to the rising practice of subway surfing, a risky trend glamorised on social media, has reignited warnings from transit officials, grief from families, and an anxious reckoning about how online challenges might be pushing children to lethal extremes.
