Angels Among Us

[gilliam]

Heroism: To leap in front of a 370-ton locomotive to save a stranger in a dank New York subway pit takes a kind of courage we’d all like to think we have but don’t. Wesley Autrey showed it Tuesday and elevated us all.
The new year has begun on a high note from Harlem after Autrey, 50, a construction worker on his way to work with his two little daughters, headed into Manhattan’s 137th Street-City College station.
Before he got through the turnstile, Autrey spotted a young man thrashing about in a seizure and called for help. But he didn’t wait for it to come. He rushed to the side of 18-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, borrowing a pen from another rider and prying open the student’s jaws to keep him from swallowing his tongue.
But that was only Autrey’s first rescue. As …

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[contemplative]

Autrey’s selfless instincts in the face of impending disaster

“I don’t feel like I did anything spectacular,” he told the New York Times. “I just saw someone who needed help.”

This is the sort of stuff that makes a saint. Wow! God bless Autrey.

 

[beckers]

Heard him on Letterman. Sounds like a great guy. His daughters are lucky to be raised by a man like him.

 

[nobody]

Meanwhile, a remark for Newsday by his mother revealed the spiritual grounding that is also the bedrock of many great endeavors. “It was the Lord who did it,” said Mary Autrey. “Can you picture it? God just moved that train over him.”

Yes, I can picture it. Thank you for sharing this article. I needed that.

 

[Lance]

He is a prime example of not judging someone by their looks. He looks like a guy you would not want to meet in a dark ally but is a true hero. He is the type of person who our kids should be looking up to, not some over paid sports star who never did anything to make the world a better place.

 

[Adonis33]

This is a wonderful story.