'I thought he was dead': The dark side of train surfing

When Aiyden O'Donoghue falls from a moving train, he’s left lying next to the track with another one due in 15 minutes. He's 15 years old, and suddenly, his future looks more uncertain than ever.

The full episode is coming Saturday, the 8th of March 2025.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Riding on the outside of Sydney Trains is life threatening,
but unfortunately it's booming.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
A four hundred ton playground on wheels.

Speaker 3 (00:14):
We've climbed down the steps and then just got smashed
White pole.

Speaker 4 (00:17):
Police don't want to be attending the homes and visiting
the parents on the basis that we're letting them know
that their child is in hospital or even worse, they've deceased.

Speaker 5 (00:25):
Got a phone call from a friend of Aiden's saying,
I think Aiden's dead.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
You've got hit bo train.

Speaker 6 (00:32):
We have a lot of fatalities on the network and
it does affect and ruins the careers of our people.

Speaker 7 (00:37):
Target range of people that we see undertaking this kind
of behavior is normally high school age, mainly boys.

Speaker 3 (00:43):
Never told people not to I've just told them to
be careful. It's some people just don't learn, and I
was one of them,