2 subway surfers injured, 1 critically, while riding over Williamsburg Bridge ⁠61%

By Evan Simko-Bednarski⁠0% Colin Mixson⁠63%

5/23/2026, 12:14:01 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 86.6% saturation with 71 hits. Analysis detected 273 faulty-reasoning hits from 82 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 56.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠61% (8,163 of 20,452 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 60.10% of the article peer group.

Two subway surfers were injured, one critically, while riding outside a train going over the Williamsburg Bridge late Friday afternoon, according to cops and MTA sources. 
The unidentified surfers were discovered on the roadbed of the J and M lines on the bridge around 6:50 p.m., sources said. 
Both were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where one of the surfers was listed in critical condition and the other is stable, cops said. 
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