Straphanger Matt Beary took the above video around 8:30 a.m. on Friday, between the Clinton-Washington and Lafayette Street stations on the C line. Isaiah Thompson, 22, was arrested on Tuesday and has been charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct for the most recent subway surfing incident. And according to NYPD officials who spoke to New York news outlets, this was not the first time Thompson has been caught riding on the outside of a train. Police tell Gothamist this was at least the third time over the last year that he was caught riding on the outside of a train—he was previously arrested in March and November of 2017 and hit with similar charges, which clearly did nothing to quench his thirst for the thrill of riding uncomfortably while hanging on by his fingertips. New York City’s transit chief, Andy Byford, told Gothamist that riding on the outside of a subway car is “incredibly dangerous, disruptive, and foolish — it can cause major delays and easily result in death.” 
 
 Indeed, several people have died trying such a stunt. “This young man is lucky he ended up in police custody and not in a hospital or worse,” Byford told Gothamist.
– His name is Isaiah Thompson, but based on all the headlines coming out of New York City, he may as well go by "subway surfer" from here on out. Police arrested the 22-year-old and accused him of (calmly) riding on the outside of a subway car, a stunt that was captured in an Instragram video by a rider inside the car, reports Gothamist. Even more remarkable: This is at least the fourth time that Thompson has been arrested for the same offense, reports the New York Post. “I just wanted to take the video because I thought it was awesome and also scary as hell," Matthew Beary, the man who filmed last week's risky ride, tells the Post. The city's transit chief has a different view: "This young man is lucky he ended up in police custody and not in a hospital or worse," says Andy Byford. (The Washington Post rounds up two deaths and one serious injury since 2016 alone for other subway surfers.) Thompson faces charges of reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, and creating a hazardous condition.