紐育の地下鉄では地下鉄に跳び乗る「地下鉄サーフィン(subway surfing)」というのが行われて、命を落とす者も出ている;
Michael Stallone "15-year-old killed while subway surfing on NYC train" https://www.fox5ny.com/news/subway-surfing-teen-killed-manhattan-train
Larry Celona, Jack Morphet, Craig McCarthy, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and Rthvika Suvarna "Teen killed, second critical in NYC subway surfing mishap: sources" https://nypost.com/2023/06/22/teen-killed-second-critical-in-nyc-subway-surfing-mishap-sources/
Saman Shafiq "2 teens killed in separate incidents while 'subway surfing' in New York" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/03/subway-surfing-deaths-nyc-teens/70378788007/
Jacob Geanous "Fourth NYC teen dies subway surfing in 2023, despite city crackdown" https://nypost.com/2023/07/01/fourth-teen-dies-subway-surfing-despite-city-crackdown/
それは危険な動画を投稿してバズらせるという動画シェア文化と関連しているという。
Dustin Jones "NYC officials are trying to stop the deadly social media trend of 'subway surfing'"という記事によれば*1、
また、今月に入って、紐育市当局は”Subway Surfing Kills”というキャンペーンを立ち上げている;
New York City Mayor Eric Adams called on social media companies to ban videos of the dangerous trend after a 14-year-old boy died and another was critically injured while subway surfing in Brooklyn in late June."Social media must be socially responsible. Subway Surfing kills. We need everyone to be a part of ending this dangerous threat," Adams tweeted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter*2.
In response to the boy's death, TikTok issued a statement expressing condolences for the family, noting that the trend predates social media and that 40,000 "safety professionals" work to remove harmful content, Gothamist reported*3.
“Mayor Adams, Governor Hochul, MTA Launch “Subway Surfing Kills – Ride Inside, Stay Alive” Public Information Campaign” https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/635-23/mayor-adams-governor-hochul-mta-launch-subway-surfing-kills-ride-inside-stay-alive-public#/0
Eyewitness News "New York City launches new push aimed at youth to stop subway surfing" https://abc7ny.com/nyc-queens-subway-surfing-teen-killed/13738368/
さて、地下鉄に跳び乗るってどうやるんだろうと思ったのだけど、写真を見ていると、紐育の地下鉄は地上を走行する部分もあって、電車が地上に出てきたときを狙って、屋根に跳び乗るようだ。そういえば、紐育の地下鉄はパンタグラフではなく東京の銀座線や丸の内線のようにサード・レイル*4から電気を供給しているのだった。そういえば、昔『サブウェイ・パニック』という映画でサード・レイルに接触して即時に感電死するシーンがあったな。それはともかく動画配信目当てということだと、かなり前に超高層ビルのてっぺんに上るrooftoppingという行為に言及したことがあったのだけど*5、最近はどうなっているのだろうか。また、日本の所謂バカッター界隈では不潔系ばかり目立って、「地下鉄サーフィン」のような身体を張った危険系は目立たないように思う。別に煽っているわけではないけれど。
*1:https://www.npr.org/2023/08/17/1194223893/subway-surfing-deaths-new-york-city-teens-social-media
*2:https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1673345100095836160
*3:Ramsey Khalifeh and Christian Santana "1 dead, 1 injured in Brooklyn subway surfing incident" https://gothamist.com/news/1-dead-1-injured-in-possible-subway-surfing-incident-in-brooklyn
*4:See also https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20160311/1457703783 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20171008/1507483108
*5:https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20170111/1484104286 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20171218/1513565423