[geopyg]

"Remember, the gutter maybe got like a 12-inch drop. So his body fitted in there perfectly. And I just laid on top of him, and had to pin him down," he said.

Actually, when he explains it like that its no big deal. He had a whole 12 inches.

(Double WOW!)

[Bringbackthedraft]

If he was at a local stop and that was an express going through, the suction would have turned the victim into chopped meat. Ask any Transit Cop.

[plain talk]

The key line to me was this

"Autrey guessed there was maybe an inch or inch and a half clearance between his head and the underside of the train. "

One inch clearance? That's incredible. He is indeed lucky to be alive.