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Two girls, ages 12 and 13, died over the weekend while “subway surfing” atop a moving train in New York City.

The dangerous trend, fueled by social media, has killed more than a dozen New Yorkers, mostly young people.

Officials deploy awareness campaigns and drones but haven’t implemented major physical barriers to prevent train climbing.

NEW YORK — Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator.

Instead, on a December morning in 2022, Ka’Von died after he climbed onto the roof of a moving J train in Brooklyn and then fell onto the tracks as it headed onto the Williamsburg Bridg

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