Subway hero
It was 12:45 p.m. on January 2, 2007. Fifty-year-old Wesley Autrey was waiting for the train at a subway station in New York. His two daughters, ages four and six, were with him.
Suddenly, a sick man collapsed on the platform. The man, 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, got up, but then fell again - this time, onto the station. It was a frightening moment.
But Mr. Autrey wasn't frightened. He looked at the man, and he looked at the space that the man was in. It was about half a meter deep. And he thought, "The train is going to travel over this man. If he tries to get up, the train will kill him. But if he lies on the ground and doesn't move, he'll be OK." So he knew he had to make a decision.
He jumped. Mr. Autrey lay on top of Mr.Hollopeter, and kept him down on the ground. The train driver saw them. He was terrified, but he couldn't stop in time. Five subway cars traveled over the two men before the train stopped.
In an interview on TV show,
He added, "I wasn't brave. I didn't do anything special. I just saw someone who needed help. I did what I thought was right.