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NEW YORK (AP) -- Wesley Autrey faced a harrowing choice, as he tried to rescue a teenager who had fallen 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 wouldn't 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.
The train's operator saw them on the tracks and applied the emergency brakes.
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.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/03/subway.rescue.ap/index.html
At first, he tried to pull the young man up, but he was afraid he wouldn't 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.
The train's operator saw them on the tracks and applied the emergency brakes.
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.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/03/subway.rescue.ap/index.html
