"I was very happy all 13 years. I was happiest mom in the whole world. She never gave me a problem. She never gave me trouble. Rudenko's daughter, Zemfira Mukhtarov, died last October while subway surfing, just days before her 13th birthday."
"The drones give us the eagle eye of what's going on up there, and that's really been a game changer for us. We go up live. We watch here at Transit headquarters as it's unfolding, we're getting updates of what's going on. We watch live at Transit headquarters as it's unfolding."
"We work with family court. We work with the schools, work with the Department of Education. We double down on everything. We go visit the parents afterwards and really what the drone footage gives us is - I can tell you a bunch of times you get, 'Not my kid,' and then you show him the video, they're like, 'Oh, that is definitely my kid.'"
Natalia Rudenko, whose daughter Zemfira Mukhtarov died while subway surfing last October, speaks out as new social media videos document teens riding atop moving trains in Brooklyn. NYPD Transit Chief Joseph Gulotta reports 20 subway surfing arrests this year, including a 12-year-old rescue. The department has implemented near-daily drone operations, particularly along the J, Z, and M lines in Williamsburg, identified as a hotspot. Drone footage has proven effective in identifying offenders, with parents often initially denying involvement before seeing video evidence. Police received multiple 911 calls on January 22 regarding subway surfing incidents in Brooklyn, resulting in one child's custody. Gulotta emphasizes prevention as the primary goal to prevent other families from experiencing similar tragedy.
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