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HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gary Hershorn / Getty Tragedy struck yesterday when a teenager was killed while subway surfing in Brooklyn on Thursday, Dec. 1. According to the Pix11, a 15-year-old boy lost his life attempting to ride the top of the J train on the Williamsburg Bridge when he suddenly fell off the car and made contact with the third rail on the Marcy Avenue station in Williamsburg around 11:23 a.m. By the time police arrived, the young kid was pronounced dead at the scene. Community leader Craig Housen believes subway surfing is a result of teens being bored without a place to turn. “This is not the first or second occurrence, and this is largely due to the fact that we are not making resources available to our Black and Hispanic youths of Williamsburg,” Housen said. “Wh...