Faced with a deadly series of “subway surfing” incidents, New York City is turning to technology — and young people — to help put a stop to it. “Subway surfing,” a dangerous challenge attracting young people on social media, involves riding on top of a subway car while it’s moving. Over the last five weeks, three people, all under 15, were killed in three separate incidents. In all, six people have been killed in related incidents in 2024. “This is real. This is just not having fun. It can be fatal, and that’s why we’re here today,” Mayor Eric Adams said. Speaking to reporters Thursday, Adams discussed the city’s multi-faceted approach to combating the problem. “It sounds harmless, but it is not harmless,” Adams said. “That train that we hear behind you is filled with steel, metal, the third rail is extremely dangerous. Being on top, if you fall, even if the train is not moving, you have the potential of slipping through the cracks of the train. Just a fall is harmful. And when you deal with an elevated platform, like the 7 line, which is one of the most frequently subway surfing locations, you are actually elevating the level of threat and potential death.” Adams said the city is using public service announcements (PSAs) featuring young people, drones, NYPD manpower, and reports from New Yorkers to put a halt to subway surfing. He said all of that is necessary because young people continue to be influenced by social media. City officials also said they’re in active talks with multiple social media companies to restrict videos of subway surfing from appearing on any platform. So far, the NYPD says 900 drone flights have saved 114 lives, ranging in age from 9 to 33. “They’re labeling them as apprehensions. We’re labeling them as lives saved,” NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said. The NYPD said drones have about a half-hour flight time. If a surfer is spotted, police don’t stop the trains, but send officers along the train route. In mid September, an 11-year-old died while surfing on top of a G train. On Oct. 24, a boy was killed just days after his 13th birthday while surfing on a train in Queens. Then on the night of Oct. 27, two young girls were surfing when they fell between the tracks and were struck by a southbound 7 train near the 111th Street station in Corona. One died and the other was critically injured.(SD-Agencies) 紐約正利用技術和年輕人的宣傳來制止危險的“地鐵沖浪”行為。此前發生了一系列致命事故。 在社交媒體上，“地鐵沖浪”是一項吸引年輕人的危險挑戰，指騎在行駛中的地鐵車廂頂部。 過去五周內，有三人在三起不同的事件中喪生，年齡均在15歲以下。今年來共有 6人在類似事件中喪生。 “危險真實存在，這不好玩，結果可能是致命的，所以我們要想辦法解決問題，”市長埃里克?亞當斯說。 亞當斯上周四在接受記者采訪時談到了該市針對這一問題的多種措施。他說：“這聽起來沒什么，其實很危險。你身后那列火車是鋼鐵之軀，第三根鐵軌尤其危險。如果站在車頂摔倒了，即使火車沒開，你也可能從列車縫隙中滑落。只要摔倒就會造成傷害。而當你面對一個高架站臺時，比如7號線，遭遇危險和死亡的可能性倍增。而7號線是地鐵沖浪的高頻地點之一。” 亞當斯說，市政府拍攝以年輕人為主角的公益廣告教育大家，并通過無人機和警察巡邏，以及市民的日常舉報來制止地鐵沖浪行為。 他說，這些措施是必須的，因為年輕人受到社交媒體的影響。 市政府官員還表示，他們正與多家社媒公司積極談判，限制地鐵沖浪視頻在平臺上播放。 紐約市警察局稱，迄今為止，900 次無人機飛行挽救了114條生命，年齡從9歲到33歲不等。 紐約警察局副局長卡茲?多特里說，“他們說我們利用無人機抓人，我們是在救命。”警方表示，無人機的飛行時間約為半小時。如果發現地鐵沖浪者，警方不會讓火車停運，而是派警員去現場。 9 月中旬，一名 11 歲男孩在G線地鐵沖浪時死亡。10月24日，一名男孩在皇后區的一列列車上沖浪時遇難，剛過13歲生日。隨后在10 月27日晚，兩名年輕女孩在沖浪時掉入鐵軌之間，在科羅納第111街站附近被一輛向南行駛的 7號列車撞倒。其中一人死亡，另一人重傷。 (Translated by Debra) | 