news NYC Subway Tragedy: Police & bystanders watch as sleeping woman is set on fire

[Cesar]

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A female passenger died after being set on fire by a man on a New York City subway train Sunday morning, according to police.

 

Around 7:30 a.m., a man, who police believe is about 25 to 30 years old, approached the sleeping victim on a stationary F train car and intentionally set her on fire before fleeing the scene, NYPD Det. Austin Glickman told CNN.

 

Police officers conducting a routine patrol at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn encountered the victim on fire inside a subway car, Glickman said.

 

Officials extinguished the fire, and EMS responded to the scene and pronounced the female dead, according to the detective.

 

No other passengers or first responders were injured in the incident, police said.

 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced efforts to bolster subway safety ahead of the holidays, deploying an additional 250 National Guard members to New York City and ensuring every subway car is outfitted with security cameras.

 

Hochul's office says crime is down 10% since the governor announced a subway safety plan in May and 42% since January 2021, though a number of high-profile violent incidentsin the subway system in recent years have left some residents uneasy.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/22/us/nyc-subway-fire-woman-death/index.html

 

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[Aston Martin]

What the actual **** is wrong with people? Lock him up and condolences to that woman and her loved ones. 
 

Also they better use just as much resources to find this man as they did Luigi seeing as she's actually an innocent victim who did nothing wrong. 

[Uncatena]

I simply cannot, in my wildest dreams, imagine watching that and doing nothing. That pig being useless as always and just walking by...

 

We live in a unfixably broken world. Empathy, decency and respect are dead in the water and not coming back. 

 

RIP to that woman. I know that there is an extremely fine line between my life and hers.

[Subzero]

  horrifying wtf

 

RIP to that poor woman  

[Almodusa]

Just saw omg. The fact he's just sitting there watching her burn is so evil - and the cop that just walks by doing nothing…

 

Apparently they just caught him. 

[Capris Groove]

I expect the full resources of the NYPD to be deployed and for the mayor of New York to show up to the perp walk.

Edited 13 hours ago by Capris Groove

[Peroxide]

This is utterly tragic. What an evil thing to do.

[SupremeGoddess]

Absolutely vile and revolting. What an insanely dark and horrific world to be living in. Really there is absolutely no compassion or empathy in a world that is supposedly so connected and intertwined. I hope there is a better place out there and she is resting in peace.  

 

To that man who sat her on fire and all who watched and didn't bother to care: rot in hell

[pimmelfratze]

Why doesn't the Woman seem to be reacting to the Fire? 

[americanlife]

My gosh. The city is out of control. RIP to that poor woman. She was probably homeless and no one deserves this.

[wish]

That video is absolutely terrifying... not a single person cared about that woman dying in front of them. Genuinely frustrating and saddening.

 

I used to dream of moving to NYC, but I've completely lost that desire in recent years

[Ricardo1993]

That is insane. RIP to the poor woman. It's horrifying that the cop did nothing to assist. What a useless piece of **** and I hope the killer gets his karma soon. They better torture him in prison. 

[Cesar]

11 minutes ago, wish said:

That video is absolutely terrifying... not a single person cared about that woman dying in front of them. Genuinely frustrating and saddening.

 

I used to dream of moving to NYC, but I've completely lost that desire in recent years

 

crime is lower than its ever been.  the media just makes it seem theres alot of crime by reporting every single thing that happens in a city with 8.2 million +

 

 

[l3disko]

Apparently the man was an illegal immigrant so be prepared for this situation to be milked for months/years to come.

[Capris Groove]

41 minutes ago, Cesar said:

 

crime is lower than its ever been.  the media just makes it seem theres alot of crime by reporting every single thing that happens in a city with 8.2 million +

 

 

Thanks for this, it's so important in the age of true crime podcasts etc.

[Lil Mistee]

NYC is so weird.. the cop walking right by her as she burns alive...okay

Edited 12 hours ago by Lil Mistee

[ElectricStyle]

disgusting…

 

all those people who watched and did nothing… 

[SlowGinFizzzz]

Just horrible. I cannot for the life of me comprehend how anyone could ever do something like that to another human being.

 

Unfortunately, this is not the first time this happened, just earlier this year there was a similar case in Austria:

Homeless man set on fire in Graz: Perpetrator on the run

Insane what humans are capable of doing. 

[Domination]

It's interesting that this is happening so close to the Daniel Penny/Jordan Nealy thing. I expect public safety to become a significant priority in the next couple years for the general public.

[Delirious]

the video was absolutely horrifying to watch. the people just watching what the f

[Delirious]

2 hours ago, Almodusa said:

Just saw omg. The fact he's just sitting there watching her burn is so evil - and the cop that just walks by doing nothing…

 

Apparently they just caught him. 

i dont think the cops knew what happened so they thot he was a bystander

[bad guy]

2 hours ago, Cesar said:

 

crime is lower than its ever been.  the media just makes it seem theres alot of crime by reporting every single thing that happens in a city with 8.2 million +

 

 

I mean a lot of crime is also unreported because police or the DA don't do a thing. What's the incentive of reporting a crime when the perpetrator will just be released regardless? The subway has been out of control for years. 

 

But yeah murder is not as bad as the 80s/early 90s. Hope that woman's family finds peace.

[Raver]

If only someone could've stopped him 

[Witnessed ET]

Why is NYC becoming such a hellscape…

actually the whole of America

 

RIP to that woman.

[nadiamendell]

1 hour ago, Witnessed ET said:

Why is NYC becoming such a hellscape…

actually the whole of America

 

RIP to that woman.

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