I Love This Guy...

On Jan. 2, Wesley Autrey, a 50-year-old construction worker, was taking his two daughters, Syshe, 4, and Shuqui, 6, to their mother’s home before he went to work. Around 1 p.m., they were waiting for the subway train at 137th Street and Broadway in Manhattan, when Cameron Hollopeter, 20, suffered a seizure and fell onto the subway tracks. The No. 1 train was fast approaching and, leaving his daughters in the care of strangers, Autrey jumped onto the tracks and covered Hollopeter with his body in a space less than two feet deep, as the train roared over them. The passing train covered Autrey’s blue knit cap with grease, but otherwise miraculously left both men untouched. Autrey refused medical help, because, he said, nothing was wrong. He did visit 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,” Autrey said. “I did what I felt was right.”