Man Jumps On Tracks To Save Life Of Stranger

A rather incredible case of heroism was on display in New York today as a man fell on the subway tracks, and a complete stranger jumped in to save him - with a subway train approaching as the two were on the tracks.

Miraculously, the two only suffered minor injuries after the oncoming subway train actually ran over them.

It all started around 1 PM when a man who was having a seizure stumbled off the platform onto the tracks. Another subway passenger, 50-year-old Wesley Autrey, was standing on the platform with his two daughters whom he was taking home.

But when Autrey saw the man fall, he quickly took action and left his daughters to jump on the tracks and bring the man to safety as an oncoming train approached.

"I was trying to pull him up, but his weight was too much... plus he was fighting against me -- he didn't know who I was. The only thing that popped up in my mind was, 'OK well go for the gutter,' so I dove in, I pinned him down and once the first car ran over us my thing with him was to keep him still", Autrey told reporters.

The train literally passed over the two, and Autrey said there was "maybe two inches" between their bodies and the speeding train.

"We're looking and we can see the train coming -- there's no way the train can stop before this gentleman can get him off the tracks", said an onlooker. "So he covered him with his body and pushed him down to a point where the train wouldn't hit his head and held him under the tracks while the train came and rolled right over the top of them".

Autrey's daughters thought the train had killed their father, but they heard a scream up from under the train that the two were fine.

When asked if he considers himself a hero, Autrey said: "No, I don't consider myself a hero," he said. "I just went to someone's aid. Someone who was in need of help".

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