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New York Man Saves Teen Who Fell on Subway Track
With a train rapidly approaching a man leapt to the aid of a teenager who fell from a platform and onto the tracks of a New York subway. The teenager was believed to have fallen after suffering a seizure. When Wesley Autery noticed the young man fall onto the tracks he left his two daughters and placed his own life in the line of an oncoming train.
Autry was faced with a split second decision of trying to lift the teenager to safety or take his chances seeking refuge under the train. Uncertain if he could lift the man back onto the platform he decided to wedge the 19-year-old and himself in the drainage trough that was situated between the rails.
Covering the teen’s body with his own, Autry was faced with the terrifying possibility that the train might not clear his body. After the second car passed over his body the train came to a stop and with about 2 inches to spare Autry became a living hero.
The teen was identified as Cameron Hollopeter, of Littleton, Mass. He is enrolled at the New York Film Academy. Hollopeter was taken to the hospital after the incident and was reported in stable condition.
After ascending the tracks the 50-yaer-old Autry was greeted with loud applause and hugs from onlookers and witnesses. He was instantly hailed as a hero for the courage and bravery displayed.
Autry was in the process of taking his two daughters home and preparing to go to his second job when Hollopeter fell.
He told the New York Times "I don't feel like I did something spectacular; I just saw someone who needed help, I did what I felt was right."
