There was an alleged suicide at 86th ST on the 6 uptown line. The train is stopped halfway into the station. Details are limited at this time, but expect delays on that line.
Category: Deaths
People Die on the Subway. But C’mon…what’s the big deal?
Officials apparently see deaths on the subway as standard operating procedures. amNY reports that on average in 2006, two people died a month.
In the eyes of the Transit Authority, that’s a pretty low number of people considering the millions of people that ride the subway everyday. So hey, two less straphangers a month is just the cost of doing business I guess.
Is that a little sick?
Of the deaths last year, 23 were categorized as “natural causes.” What the hell is a “natural” subway death? Isn’t dieing in your sleep a natural death? Then again, I guess that really is what happened to Eugene Reilly last year. As you may recall, Reilly had a heart attack and died on the subway, only no one noticed! He rode the subway for hours before anyone noticed that he was dead.
There were:
5 Accidents
5 Suicides
2 Murders
3 Unknowns
In case you were wondering, an “Unknown” is a case where investigators were unable to determine if the death was a murder, suicide, or accident.
Also interesting to note that the Transit Authority doesn’t keep track of this stuff. It must be the old “if we don’t keep track of it, we won’t have to report it” kind of mentality.
Stand between trains to pee, and you will DIE
Ouch…is that headline too harsh? Anyway…
Apparently, it is not possible to levatate between train cars as the MTA warning sticker pictured here illustrates.
An old homeless Veteran, Jose Montanez, died on the 6 train down at City Hall. Apparently, he had stayed on the train after leaving the last stop at the end of the line. The Sun reports that the guy was standing between train cars peeing when the train made a sharp turn.
When the trains turn or come to stop, the cars get much closer together. It is feared that he got stuck between the trains, and then fell on the tracks to his death.
So MTA, can we open up a few more bathrooms for these guys? You know they are just going to pee everywhere anyway, so can we at least give them some mildly maintained bathrooms to use in the mean time?
Parents of kid killed by train while doing graffiti on tracks plan to sue MTA
This does not really qualify as a subway related post, but it is close enough because this is the crap that totally enrages SUBWAYblogger. Here’s the back story.
Ari Kraft was a 13 year old graffiti punk who was widely known for his talent. Yeah, we said it…punk. Sure, he was probably a nice enough kid, and word on the street was that he was a really talented artist. However, at the end of the day, he was a graffiti punk who went around illegally tagging walls. Ok, we’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and say that he might have done it on walls with permission from time to time. But like most graffiti artists, he often tagged areas that were not legal, such as along the LIRR tracks.
Ok, so Kraft and a buddy were out the other day tagging walls along the tracks and taking pictures of their work. Unfortunately, the Kraft tried to cross the tracks, and was struck by at train. He narrowly missed one train, but was then struck and killed by one he did not see coming.
SUBWAYblogger is by no means happy that the kid died. It is truely unfortunate.
However, the parents have taken it to the “are you fucking kidding me” level. They now plan to sue the MTA because they did not maintain the fences along the tracks!
Family friend and attorney Daniella Levi said the family plans to sue the MTA, the LIRR and New York City once it finishes sitting shiva for the boy. -NY Daily News
Are you kidding me?!?!?
They are going to sue the MTA because their kid, spray can in hand, found a hole in the fence, walked on to the tracks, tagged some walls, and got killed. How is that the MTA’s fault?
Here’s a thought Mom and Dad…maybe if you taught your kid that it was wrong to break the law, he would not have been on the tracks. Or maybe if you taught him it was wrong to tag property that did not belong to him, he would not have gone in the first place. The list goes on. This is the most ridiculous thing SUBWAYblogger has ever heard of.
If the MTA loses or settles, they should take the family to civil court and sue them for trespassing and destruction of property. They should sue for the exact amount that they lose to this family.
I think we all understand that parents can be upset when their kid is killed. Duh. However, don’t place blame on anyone but yourselves. Is it wrong to say that it was the kid’s fault? Because it was. He knew he shouldn’t be there. He knew it was illegal. And if he was as bright as everyone says, then he knew it wasn’t that safe. So guess what, it was your son’s fault that he was killed. Sorry, but that’s the truth. He made a bad decision that cost him his life. Plain and simple. A BIG mistake. So why take it out on the MTA?
Is SUBWAYblogger the only one furious about cases like these?
Stop the crazies!
The crazies are back on the loose again. Ok, so in case you haven’t heard…
A mother in Brooklyn killed her 9 year old boy because “the demons told her to.” So she smothered her son to death. Then, she decided that she had to run to the subway and throw her self on the tracks.
Unfortunately, the mother survived. Yes, UN-fortunately. Someone that crazy who also kills a kid deserves to end up on the tracks. However, in this case, she couldn’t even do that right. She ended up suffering a broken leg and a couple fingers got severed. Otherwise, she’s in stable condition and will probably survive.
Anyway, the demons told her to kill her son. That’s right, the demons.
So here’s the alleged skinny. There was a birthday party planned for her son. The day of the party comes, but there is no party. Obviously, the kid is wicked bummed. Then, out of the blue, the mom says the demons are telling her that her son needs to die.
The other boroughs have been getting a little to nutty for me lately.
Death on tracks confirmed
This morning’s disaster with 1, 2, 3 plus 5, 6 service was due to a person getting struck by a train. However, it has not been confirmed as a suicide.
Usually, if someone was pushed, or if it was an accident, you would hear about it right away. Especially if they were pushed because police would want to begin the man hunt.
Tonight’s ride seems to be especially calm. There’s plenty of room on my train. So hopefully, Election Day will be a little more relaxed. But I doubt it.
Many people leave for work early so that they can go vote. So this may end up messing up the normal morning traffic flow.
As for the evening, even more people go to vote after work. Especially with the polls in NYC being open until 9pm. So the afternoon commute could get ugly, although I would suspect mustly for the buses.
Most NYC polling places are right in your neighborhood. So a couple block bus ride might be better than the subway.
Anway, we shall see. SUBWAYblogger is leaving early just in case.
Live from the subway, back to you in studio…
Is jumping in front of the subway the new cool way to die?
Apparently, SUBWAYblogger missed the latest issue of “Suicidal Quarterly” because there must have been an article about jumping in front of trains. It must be the new cool way to go.
Being suicidal is something that really sucks, but why do you have to mess up everyone else’s day? Not only are you shutting down entire transit lines for HOURS, but think of the poor people who have to scrape your ass off the tracks. Like that’s what they want to be doing. Or the people that witness you jumping in front of the train. That’s a wee bit traumatic for a perfect stranger, don’t you think?
So today’s guy who was found under an downtown “E” train may or may not have done it on purpose. At this point, no one knows. But usually, people would notice if he got shoved onto the tracks. Especially because it happened at 10am. People would notice the struggle.
How messed up is this headline?
In a nut shell, a guy was killed yesterday when he was struck by a 2 train in the Bronx. At this point, no one really knows what the hell he was doing on the tracks. Sad..yes, but simple enough. So what the hell is the Daily News doing with this story?
Here’s there headline: Train wipes out young dad’s promising life
Umm…what the hell does him being a “young dad” have to do with anything? Does that little tid-bit of info have anything to do with the story at all? Nope.
But it gets better (or worse)…
Here’s the Daily News lead:
A young Manhattan dad who grew up poor but recently graduated from college was struck and killed by a No. 2 train in the Bronx early yesterday, cops and family members said.
Is it me, or are they reeeeeeeeeeally digging for this one. “A young Manhattan dad who grew up poor but recently graduated from college…” Apparently the fact that he was hit and killed by a train wasn’t enough for the Daily News. For some reason we first need to know that he is a father, young, poor, but a recent grad. Ohh, by the way, he was hit by a train.
We later learn that he was one of 14 children, so we guess that explains why he grew up poor. Maybe if his parents stopped popping out kids, he would not have been poor, a young father, and later killed by a train?
Bottom line, so far the police and family have absolutely no idea how the guy ended up on the tracks. So all we know is that he’s was found face down on the tracks. So what is a newspaper to do with a story like that. You can’t just write that a guy was found dead on the tracks and no one knows why? In the mean time, we’ll just have to dig into the poor guy’s family life and history…cause that’s what we really wanted to know.
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