Rescuer pins man under NY subway
NEW YORK - When Wesley Autrey saw the man go into a seizure and fall onto the subway tracks, he jumped in to save the stranger.
As he tried to pull the man to safety at the Harlem stop, Autrey looked up.
“I saw the two white lights, and said, ‘Whoa, you ain’t got no time,’ ” Autrey said.
Autrey, 50, grabbed Cameron Hollopeter, 20, in a bear hug and the pair landed in a shallow trough filled with dirty water, with Autrey on top.
The screeching train missed the pair by the barest of margins.
“In my mind, I believed, I hoped, the train had enough clearance,” he said. “It didn’t hit my head; it just nicked my cap.”
Wesley, a Navy veteran who grew up in Brewton, Ala., estimated they were under the train for 20 minutes before power to an adjacent track was cut so emergency workers could safely remove them.
At St. Luke’s Hospital, where Hollopeter was taken for treatment for the seizure and minor injuries, thankful family member Jeff Friedman said Hollopeter was sedated and had been shaken by the experience.
“For someone who got run over by a train, he looks pretty damn good to me,” Friedman said.
 Source: AZ Central
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