Near the beginning of the new year back in 2007, a man risked his life to save another's. In New York City, Wesley Autrey, a navy veteran, saved a young man from being hit by a subway. Autrey saw Cameron H having a siezure by the subway tracks. Cameron while trying to find support on a column fell onto the subway tracks. Autrey immediately took action by setting his two daughters with a nearby woman and jumping onto the tracks. With the train, though trying to stop, coming at him, he attempted to grab Cameron and get him off the tracks. Unfortunately there wasn't time. Thinking fast, Autrey pushed Cameron into the gutter and lay down on top of him to protect him from the subway. Autrey's heroic story was told by CNN's Randi Kaye:
Wesley Autrey wasn't looking for recognition when he saved Cameron's life. He was simply doing a good deed. This is another instance when a random bystander comes to the rescue of a helpless victim. He was dubbed the "Subway Superhero". But what makes him a hero? Was it the way he risked his life, or his quick thinking, or a combination? Though Autrey doesn't know if he was a hero, he knows that what's important is that "any life is worth saving." A powerful message, a heroic one even. Maybe its the preciousness of the life that is saved that makes the hero great. What does make a hero great?
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