Subway Strippers: Wacky Riders Uphold Pantless Tradition

Whimsical New Yorkers shed their pants Sunday on the city's subway cars and bared their legs with pantless crowds in about 60 countries.

Fortunately for local participants in "No Pants Subway Ride 2016," temperatures reached near-record highs.

Miguel Ramos, 24, called himself a "no-pant virgin." It was his first foray into the "international celebration of silliness," as organizers billed it.

The annual chuckle-filled ritual started in New York in 2002.

It was coordinated by Improv Everywhere, a global flash mob. Participants were assigned personal numbers and told to show up at central gathering spots in each city borough. They then boarded subways, tearing off their pants during the ride.

Entire New York families took part, including babies bared to their diapers.

Pantless riders also appeared in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, London and elsewhere.  

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