New York Hero's

Wesley Autrey, a 50 year old construction worker is definitely just an average person who no one ever knew about until this week. He was running a little late for work on Tuesday when he got to the New York subway when 19 year old Cameron Hellopeter suffered a seizure and fell onto the tracks shortly before an oncoming train was approaching. Wesley's only selfless thought was that something had to be done, and fast. Before he jumped, he asked two woman standing next to him to keep an eye on his 2 daughters. He jumped onto the tracks and since he knew he didn't have enough time to physically take Cameron back to the platform, he threw himself onto Cameron to stop him from moving. Wesley was about 2 inches from the train who pulled the brakes when it saw someone on the tracks, but the train did not stop fast enough. With Wesley's 2 youngers daughters looking on in horror, he told the woman looking after them to tell his daughters that he was OK! The two men stayed on the tracks for about 20 minutes until the 3rd rail, which is a live rail, was shut off. Since Tuesday, Wesley has been showered from gifts. He's received $10,000 from Donald Trump, a year of free subway rides, $2,500 from the New York Film Academy to start a scholarship for his daughters, tickets and backstage tour to the Lion King, although I did not see it, he was on the Letterman show and will be flown to the Ellen DeGeneres show sometime next week. He also received a trip to Disney World and a medal from the mayor of New York. Wesley Autrey is a true hero and deserves everything he has received. There aren't a lot of people who would have done what Wesley did and for that he has been and will probably continue to be, well rewarded. Cameron remained in the hospital in stable condition and has since thanked Wesley for saving his life. The 2 families plan to have a "nice dinner' when Cameron is out of the hospital.

Wesley is not the only hero this week. They say good or bad things happen in 3's. On Wednesday, 3 police officers delivered a baby on a Brooklyn subway platform. And on Thursday, a 3 year old boy fell off a 4th floor fire escape at a Bronx apartment building and nearly escaped death when 2 men who happened to be just passing by, caught the falling boy. Talk about being in the right place at the right time.