NEW YORK, NY –
An 11-year-old boy died Monday after subway browsing in New York Metropolis. He is the fourth individual to die from subway browsing within the metropolis this yr.
Cayden Thompson was driving on high of a G prepare when he hit his head on a steel overhang by the Fourth Avenue station and died.
His household spoke completely to CBS Information New York’s Ali Bauman about their remorse and warnings for different children.
At 15 years previous, Christian Vega is grief-stricken and stricken by guilt.
“I am unable to actually put it into phrases. He was actually all the time trying as much as me,” Christian mentioned.
Christian is Cayden’s uncle, however mentioned they have been extra like brothers.
“He is been taking a look at movies on-line and enjoying Roblox. They’ve Roblox video games you’ll be able to subway surf and stuff,” Christian mentioned.
Christian admits he additionally made subway browsing movies, which he believes could have influenced Cayden.
“Similar means he obtained hooked on it, I obtained hooked on it. I might seen movies on-line, determined to do it,” Christian mentioned. “It is very easy to get hooked onto that stuff as a result of when you do it, nothing ever’s gonna high it off, like that adrenaline rush you get.”
Nervous that Cayden could have adopted his lead, Christian hopes now to set a brand new instance for his friends.
“I am by no means going into tunnels, by no means prepare browsing, by no means doing that stuff once more,” Christian mentioned.
He added, “Different children who’re pondering of going into subway browsing and different children who nonetheless do, simply cease doing it. It isn’t price your life.”
Subway browsing incidents up throughout NYC, NYPD knowledge reveals NYPD knowledge reveals subway browsing incidents are up citywide to this point this yr – 173 this yr, in comparison with 104 final yr.
The MTA has been working public service bulletins on-line and in stations in opposition to the lethal pattern. The MTA mentioned in working with social media corporations over the previous yr, it has gotten greater than 10,000 movies taken offline for glorifying subway browsing.
In an announcement a spokesman for the gaming website Roblox mentioned, “This can be a tragic state of affairs and our coronary heart goes out to the household. We work tirelessly to create a protected and civil platform. We now have insurance policies in opposition to content material or conduct that explicitly encourages real-world actions that will create an excessive threat of bodily hurt.”
The subway browsing sport doesn’t violate its insurance policies, based on the corporate.
