Akhi Dwayne Jones Butler was 14 when he fell to his death on the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge while riding on top of a J train, the first subway surfing death of 2026. An 18-year-old in the same incident was critically injured. And almost everyone working to stop the next one agrees on what is pulling kids onto the roofs of trains, which is the part the city cannot simply arrest its way out of.
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A 14-year-old died subway surfing on the Williamsburg Bridge. The MTA says the real problem is a video that will not come down
2026's first subway-surfing death, and the MTA says the real problem is a video that won't come down.
A 14-year-old died subway surfing on the Williamsburg Bridge. The MTA says the real problem is a video that will not come down
2026's first subway-surfing death, and the MTA says the real problem is a video that won't come down.
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