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As I may have mentioned already, I'm a big fan of the show "Heroes". I'm also a huge fan of comic books. One aspect that I love about Heroes and comics is how these people use their powers to help people, that no matter how dire the situation is, there's someone to come in and save the day. These people often put themselves in danger to save lives.
It's very rare that you see that happen in real life, but it turns out that this week is the week of heroes:
Passerby catches falling child, say NY policeA three-year-old boy fell from the fourth-floor window of an apartment in New York City on Thursday, but was caught by a passerby, police said.
The boy was caught by a 39-year-old man passing under the window, police said in a brief statement. The boy was taken to hospital with just minor cuts and abrasions to his head and face. Police are still investigating and gave no more details.
Story is here
Crazy, isn't it? I mean, that kid must have been so heavy falling from the fourth floor.
Here's another one, same city, and it's pretty incredible...
Rescuer pins fallen teenager as subway passes over themWesley Autrey faced a harrowing choice, as he tried to rescue a teenager who had fallen off a platform onto a subway track in front of an approaching train: Struggle to hoist him back up to the platform in time, or take a chance on finding safety under the train.
At first, he tried to pull the young man up, but he was afraid he wouldn't make it in time and they would both be killed.
"So I just chose to dive on top of him and pin him down," he said.
Autrey had been waiting for a train with his two young daughters. After the train stopped, he heard bystanders scream and yelled out: "We're OK down here but I've got two daughters up there. Let them know their father's OK," The New York Times reported.
Read story here
Can you believe that? It's like something out of a movie. He gets extra points for the pimp blue playboy hat!
With all that's going wrong in the world right now, it's good to know that there are still heroes there, to be there when we need them...
Posted by Yano at January 5, 2007 12:26 AMthe man who saved the boy on the train is like a national hero here lol...Mayor Bloomberg gave him a high citizen award and hes been on countless morning shows here...all in all, it truly is an amazing gesture.
Just today, while waiting for my train, I kept looking at the grates thinking "how on EARTH would I have squashed myself that flat nevertheless with someone else under me and having a locomotive passing over me!!"..it truly amazes me too.
Posted by: TheDivineMissN on January 5, 2007 03:10 PMI'm totally with you and I loved these stories. And yet... I was talking about this to a coworker last week and we both felt it sort of gave us the willies on several levels to see what a media circus it all turned into.
Posted by: noelle on January 7, 2007 06:25 PM
