On the front page of the New York Times today a story about a man who leaped onto the Subway tracks and into the path of an oncoming train in order to save a fellow passenger.

Wesley Autrey, a 50-year-old father of two, jumped onto the line to save a 20-year-old student who had suffered a seizure and fallen into a one-foot deep space between the tracks.

He lay on top of the student’s body, pinning him down as five carriages of a Number 1 train rolled overhead. Both men escaped unhurt.

Mr. Autrey refused medical help, because, he said, nothing was wrong. He did visit Mr. Hollopeter in the hospital before heading to his night shift. “I don’t feel like I did something spectacular; I just saw someone who needed help,” Mr. Autrey said. “I did what I felt was right.”

Full story here.