Wesley Autrey

On January 2, 2007, Wesley Autrey was waiting for a train at the 137th Street and Broadway station in Manhattan with his two young (ages 4 and 6) daughters. About 12:45 p.m., he noticed a man, Cameron Hollopeter, seizuring. Afterwards, the guy stumbled from the platform, falling onto the tracks. As Hollopeter lay on the tracks, Autrey saw the lights of an incoming
train. A woman bystander held Autrey's daughters back away from the edge of the platform and Autrey dove onto the tracks. After realizing he did not have time to get Hollopeter away from the tracks Wesley Autrey protected Hollopeter by pushing Hollopeter into a drainage area between the tracks, and throwing himself over Hollopeter. The operator of the
train applied the brakes, but two cars still passed over them, with nothing except wardrobe damage.