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Subway Savior On
Tuesday afternoon, January 2, Cameron Hollopeter, a
19-year-old film student, began suffering a seizure
and stumbled down a But Wesley Autrey, a 50-year-old construction worker, came to his rescue. Autrey jumped down to the tracks, rolled with Hollopeter into a shallow, grimy drainage trough between the rails as the southbound No. 1 train came into the 137th Street/City College station. The train’s operator applied the emergency brakes when he saw someone on the tracks but could not stop the train before two cars passed over Autrey and Hollopeter. Autrey shielded Hollopeter from the train passing over them with a clearance of only a couple of inches. Neither man suffered any harm from the incident. “Mr. Autrey’s instinctive and unselfish act saved our son’s life,” said Larry Hollopeter, Cameron’s father, with his voice cracking with emotion. Because
of Autrey’s heroic actions, Mayor Michael Bloomberg
presented him with a Bronze Medallion and called him
“the Hero of Harlem.”
Autrey has received other gifts of appreciation
including $10,000 from Donald Trump, a trip to Disney
World, a year’s worth of free subway rides, and
$2,500 from the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority Executive Director Elliot
Sander called Autrey’s action “a death-defying act
of bravery. We
truly have not seen anything like this.… Because
of Wesley Autrey’s unselfish act, he has been
called, “the Subway Savior.”
He is deserving of our admiration and
appreciation. Autrey’s valiant deeds remind us of another Savior who, at "just the right time," came to OUR rescue (Romans 5:6).Because
of our sin, YOU and I are “on the track” to
certain death and destruction (Matthew 7:13-14;
Romans 6:23). But
JESUS came to our rescue! His GIFT of salvation, however, must be accepted... The reward is available to those who will believe Him (Acts 16:30-31), repent of sin (Acts 17:30-31), confess Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized (immersed) in the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). Because
of Jesus’ death on the cross for our sins, Jesus is
the "Savior of ALL" those Won’t you accept the Gift on His terms? David A.
Sargent, Minister * Details gleaned Associated Press article, “Subway Savior Showered With Praise” at MSNBC.com -- http:///www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16469039/ To Subscribe to "Living Water" send a blank e-mail to:
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