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Hero saves teen who fell on NYC subway tracks
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of MSNBC News/Associated Press
Posted: January 5th, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16444249
Wesley Autrey faced a harrowing choice as he tried to rescue a teenager who fell off a platform onto a subway track in front of an approaching train: Struggle to hoist him back up to the platform in time, or take a chance on finding safety under the train. At first, he tried to pull the young man up, but he was afraid he wouldnt make it in time and they would both be killed. So I just chose to dive on top of him and pin him down, he said. Autrey and the teen landed in the drainage trough between the rails Tuesday as a southbound No. 1 train entered the 137th Street/City College station. Two cars passed over the men with about 2 inches to spare, Autrey said. The troughs are typically about 12 inches deep but can be as shallow as 8 or as deep as 24, New York City Transit officials said. Relatives identified the teen as Cameron Hollopeter of Littleton, Mass., a student at the New York Film Academy. Autrey had been waiting for a train with his two young daughters. After the train stopped, he heard bystanders scream and yelled out: Were OK down here, but Ive got two daughters up there. Let them know their fathers OK, The New York Times reported. While spectators cheered Autrey, hugged him and hailed him as a hero, he didnt see it that way. I dont feel like I did something spectacular; I just saw someone who needed help, he told the Times. I did what I felt was right.
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