Jordan Neely and Daniel Penny Led Different Lives Before Subway Choking Jordan Neely’s mental health decline played out in public after his mother was strangled. Daniel Penny said he was protecting himself and others when he choked Mr. Neely.
What We Know About Jordan Neely, the Man Choked to Death on the NYC Subway On May 1, a 24-year-old man named Daniel Penny choked Jordan Neely, 30, to death on a New York City subway train. Mr. Penny has not been charged.