I thought it may be a suicide attempt

@lovebuglena (43074)
Staten Island, New York
July 5, 2022 4:17pm CST
So there I was walking down the stairs to the train platform when I noticed a person lying on the opposite train tracks, staring up at the sky. The first thought that popped into my head is that this dude (from a distance I thought it was a guy) is trying to commit suicide by getting run over by a train. When I finally made it down the stairs I realized this was a female and most likely a teen. She was just lying on the tracks like she was lounging by the pool. There was another young female sitting on the bench holding her phone. It seemed to be pointed at the girl on the tracks. Perhaps she was filming her. I was hoping I wasn't going to see or hear the train coming her way. I did not want to witness what may end up happening. All of a sudden the girl got up from the tracks and tried to climb up onto the platform. Then she either was unsuccessful or changed her mind because she went under the platform and popped up from the barrier side of it. She wasn't able to climb over the barrier so she walked to where the stairs were and climbed over the railing and back onto the platform. All the while the other girl had her phone pointed at her. Luckily, there was no train coming her way. I wonder what possessed her to do such a stupid and dangerous thing... Did she want to get herself on TikTok for 15 seconds of fame? Or did she think that what she was doing was funny? Either way it was dumb.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
5 Jul 22
I tried to kill myself in November 2019
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Jul 22
Oh no! Glad you didn't do it.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Jul 22
@JimBo452020 Isn't that a good thing?
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
5 Jul 22
@lovebuglena Well I almost did it. But the bas.ta.rd.paramedics and doctor saved me
@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
6 Jul 22
May be it is one of those stupid challenges of TikTok as I have read of some teenagers killed by trains, now I think they were doing something similar.
@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
7 Jul 22
@lovebuglena - I thought it was something like that. There is another, young people ride their bicycle as fast as they can on the wrong side of the road and get as close as possible to the cars coming in... those challenges should be banned.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Jul 22
DE said there is a “lying on the tracks” challenge on tiktok.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
8 Jul 22
@LadyDuck who comes up with this stuff? Not a normal person that’s for sure.
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@kaylachan (57610)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Jul 22
The sad reality is kids, no matter the generation, think nothing will ever happen to them when nothing could be further from the truth.
@kaylachan (57610)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Jul 22
@lovebuglena Fearless, no. Dumb, defiantly.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Jul 22
I guess some are fearless and dumb.
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@JudyEv (325696)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Jul 22
That's really crazy behaviour. She was very lucky not to get stuck.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Jul 22
Good thing no train was coming. I wouldn’t want to witness that.
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@LindaOHio (156060)
• United States
6 Jul 22
Teens do some of the most stupid and dangerous things just to post a video. She could have been killed.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Jul 22
Yeah. I wonder why she chose to do that.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
5 Jul 22
These are the kinds of antics that in this circumstance went well, but often times ends badly. People are really stupid these days and it never ceases to amaze me.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Jul 22
I've never seen anyone lie on the train tracks before and without a care in the world.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
6 Jul 22
@lovebuglena Me either, and I hope I never will. That would horrify me.
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@RasmaSandra (73365)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Jul 22
Sounds like another fool hardy teen and one of these days she might just wind up doing something that will get her seriously injured,
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Jul 22
I have a feeling that these people will keep on doing these stupid things even if they get hurt.
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@1creekgirl (40516)
• United States
5 Jul 22
What a stupid stunt!
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Jul 22
Totally. Good thing she finally left the train tracks and got back up onto the platform.
@paigea (35678)
• Canada
5 Jul 22
Oh that sounds ridiculous!
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Jul 22
I've never seen such a thing before.
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