Mom of teenage girl who died trainsurfing gives heartbreaking warning as mayor Eric Adams hits out at social media trend 'hijacking' young people

The heartbroken mother of a teenage woman who died while subway surfing is informing others astir nan vulnerable TikTok trend, arsenic New York City Mayor Eric Adams hits retired astatine societal media for 'hijacking' young people.

Krystel Romero, 13, was pronounced dormant astatine nan segment connected Sunday, aft she and an unidentified 14-year-old friend fell from nan apical of a 7 train successful Queens, New York and were tally complete astatine nan 111th Street station.

Her mother, Maria Elena Ortiz, 31, now says she nary longer wants to live.

'I consciousness truthful desperate, she was my baby,' Ortiz told nan New York Post through a translator, arsenic she begged different teenagers not to get progressive successful nan vulnerable stunt.

'Stop [subway] surfing - it's not a game,' she said. 'If you die, deliberation of nan symptom you will origin your family. Please kids, don't do it.' 

A family friend who goes by nan sanction Ever claimed cipher knew Romero was riding connected apical of trains - and they didn't moreover deliberation she took nan subways.

He said her decease near her grieving mom 'really successful shock.'

'Krystel's mom told her not to do thing for illustration this,' he revealed to nan Post. 'I don't cognize what made her return this decision... She fell connected nan tracks for likes connected TikTok.

'They were doing it for societal media,' he continued, calling societal media 'crazy correct now' arsenic teenagers 'just want likes' and 'think they tin make money from their societal media.'

'Don't return a consequence conscionable for TikTok  likes,' he warned others.

Romero's decease marks nan sixth subway surfing fatality this twelvemonth - surpassing past year's marks of 5 deaths.

Her friend, meanwhile, remains successful captious information astatine Elmhurst Hospital successful Queens, pinch unidentified sources telling nan Post she had a fractured skull, a encephalon bleed and cannot respire connected her own.

The tragic mishap mirrors a akin 1 conscionable 1 week before, erstwhile 13-year-old Adolfo Sorzano died while subway surfing successful Queens.

His parents had warned nan teen not to prosecute successful nan risky behaviour 8 months before, erstwhile his mother, Milene Sorzano, recovered videos connected his telephone of him subway surfing - which he posted to societal media, they told Pix 11.

The family now remembers him arsenic a kid who was 'full of life pinch dreams and hopes' whose decease 'has near a void that is intolerable to fill,' according to an online fundraiser for his ceremonial expenses. 

'I inquire you pinch each my bosom to thief america opportunity goodbye to him pinch nan dignity he deserves,' Sorzano wrote.

Adolfo's begetter is now besides begging others not to travel successful his son's footsteps.

'Please don't thrust [atop] nan subway,' Adolfo Sanabria told nan Post. 'Please deliberation astir nan symptom it will origin your parents.

Other fatalities person included Alam Reyes, 14, who fell disconnected a Coney Island bound F Train in Brooklyn successful January and died astatine nan scene, and an unidentified 13-year-old boy who was killed while subway surfing successful nan Bronx successful June.

In July, 15-year-old Anthony Bhagwandeen besides died aft hopping connected apical of a Queens train. 

And conscionable past month, 11-year-old Cayden Thompson died while subway surfing connected a G-Train successful Park Slope, Brooklyn.

His decease prompted his uncle, a teen himself, to vow to ne'er effort nan inclination again.

'I sewage hooked connected it. I'd seen videos online, decided to do it,' 15-year-old Christian Vega told CBS News. 

'It's really easy to get hooked onto that worldly because erstwhile you do it, nothing's ever gonna apical it off, for illustration that adrenaline unreserved you get.

'Other kids who are reasoning of going into subway surfing and different kids who still do, conscionable extremity doing it. It's not worthy your life,' he said.

Following Romero's death, New York City Mayor Eric Adams wrote connected societal media that he was 'heartbroken to perceive that subway surfing - and nan pursuit of societal media clout- has stolen different life.

'We are doing everything we tin to raise consciousness against this vulnerable trend, but we request each New Yorkers - and our societal media companies - to do their portion , too. 

'No station is worthy your future,' he said.

The politician besides addressed nan rumor astatine a news convention connected Tuesday, saying: 'I don't cognize if we really understand what societal media is doing to our children.

'Social media has radicalized and hijacked our children,' he claimed. 'It's unimaginable that you tin thrust a subway train and 10 cardinal group will position [it] and we show that complete and over.'

He went connected to opportunity that teenagers 'are much impressionable astatine those young ages.

'You know, arsenic children, you time off a karate movie and you commencement kicking for illustration Bruce Lee,' Adams told reporters. 'And that's nan aforesaid thing.'

At a abstracted news convention connected Tuesday, Metropolitan Transit Authority CEO Janno Lieber said nan agency 'has done truthful overmuch to effort to push backmost connected this terrible, vulnerable trend' and will 'keep pushing.'

He said nan effort includes 'thousands and thousands' of printed and verbal messages arsenic portion of nan MTA's 'Ride inside, enactment alive' campaign, informing against nan dangers of subway surfing that flash and play successful nan subway system.

But Lieber said he is besides asking societal media companies to region nan viral clips of teens subway surfing arsenic soon arsenic they are posted.

'We're ever checking, each time to make judge they do return them down and that they don't get out,' he said. 

In nan meantime, Lieber is asking parents and schoolhouse officials to 'bear down difficult connected kids who person shown nan propensity to do this, because we've sewage to prevention their lives.

'Please! Parents, teachers, different caregivers - make judge this is not a game,' he said. 'We request group to propulsion kids backmost erstwhile they get progressive pinch this.

'They cannot return chances pinch their lives,' he continued. 'This is not for illustration a video game, you don't get different chance. You can't conscionable reboot - this is 1 chance. If you lose, if you do thing stupid, you're going to suffer your life.'

He added that it 'breaks New Yorkers' hearts that kids - a batch of them are conscionable bully kids- are being injured and moreover God-forbid, killed by this vulnerable activity.'