Two teenage girls in New York City, Zemfira Mukhtarov and Ebba Morina, 12 and 13, respectively, died in a tragic subway surfing incident.
As reported by the New York Post, the incident occurred at around 3:10 a.m. on Saturday, October 4. At the Marcy Avenue subway station in Williamsburg, Zemfira and Ebba were found unresponsive on top of a J train. Then, first responders pronounced them dead.
Police said that both teenage girls were among a group of 15 teens who were running around inside the train. According to Fox 5, investigators believe that Zemfira and Ebba had sneaked out of their homes on late Friday.
Zemfira’s 11-year-old sister, Maryam Mukhtarov, told ABC7 that she found out that her sister had died by watching the news. Maryam and Zemfira had spent the previous night together