Man saves teen who fell onto subway tracks in NYC

Fox News ^ | 1/02/2007 | AP

[luv2ski]

NEW YORK — A quick-thinking commuter saved a teenager who fell on the subway tracks by pushing him down into a furrow between the rails, allowing an approaching train to pass right over them, police said.

An 18-year-old man had some kind of medical problem Tuesday and fell onto the tracks, which are a few feet below platform level, police said. Wesley Autrey saw him fall, jumped down onto the tracks after him and rolled with him into the rut between the rails as a southbound train was coming in.- snip-

[MaxMax]

I'll second that WOW!

[doug from upland]

Hmmmm, I wonder who should be starring in the Public Service Announcements?

[doug from upland]

That's his name. I heard it on the TV station's website in their report.

[ripley]

what a beautiful gift for his two daughters. thier daddy is a courageous man and they must be proud.

what a guy!

(alot of heart, full of love)

[Ajnin]

Must have testicles made of depleted uranium.

[LibWhacker]

White kid, black hero. Makes it even more extraordinary, imo. Somehow I don't see Al Sharpton jumping on my a** to save me in similar circumstances ('course, if he did, we wouldn't have an inch clearance, lol).

[gcruse]

" Somehow I don't see Al Sharpton jumping on my a** to save me"

I'll bet Gene Simmons would, though.

[visualops]

He's a Navy vet apparently.

[maxter]

LOL!!

[NYFriend]

Yeah, incredible.

He risked his life to save a stranger when he could have stood by, and no one would have thought any less of him if he had. That's rare bravery.

[HighlyOpinionated]

I remember a story like this when Reagan was president. a man on his way to a job interview saved a person on the subway tracks. President Reagan heard the story and called the factory where the interview took place. The hero got the job. I sure miss President Reagan!

There was an incident similar in Philadelphia between 1967 to 1969 where a grandmotherly woman was pushed forward on a train platform and fell onto the tracks. A man jumped down, lifted the elderly woman up to others on the platform and jumped back on the platform just as the train whizzed by. When the train was gone, someone jumped down and got the woman's purse. The train had cut the handle off, but the items inside were not touched. The man who jumped down to save the woman disappeared into the crowd and she never found out who he was.

I know this because the lady was my daughter's godmother.

[mpoulin]

I didn't realize you could fit two bowling balls under a train like that ...

[RightOnline]

God bless him.

[don-o]

Great that the thread got to 66 posts before someone throws in a race card. Totally unnecessary, imo.

It does me good to hear that there are still heroic men walking the earth.

[beelzepug]

"That's his name."

I used to work with a Chester Hollopeter. It was his real name.

[theymakemesick]

A true hero! not that imitation Jon Carry kind of hero

[packrat35]

Sounds like an angel.

[Kitten Festival]

Ohmygawd. Man, that guy has some intestinal fortitude. I hope he is recognized and rewarded well, that kind of bravery is pretty gigantic.

[Kitten Festival]

Those center gutters are BRIMMING WITH LIVE RATS.

Doing what Mr. Autrey did, in the face of a roaring, moving locomotive, face down in a rat bed, took nerves of steel.

[Zack Nguyen]

Amazing.