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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
New York City
subway platform onto the tracks.
Without help, Hollopeter may have been severely
injured or killed because a subway train was making
its way into the station on the tracks where he lay.
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
New York
Film
Academy
to start a scholarship fund for his two daughters (who
witnessed their father’s brave actions).
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.…
He was at the RIGHT PLACE at the RIGHT TIME and did
the RIGHT THING.” *
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!
To save us from sin, Jesus descended from His
heavenly platform to meet us in our point of need
(Philippians 2:5-8).
He gave His life to rescue us from certain
death
(1 Thessalonians 5:10).
Through His sacrificial death, He has opened
the way for
us to receive a reward: ETERNAL LIFE with Him
in heaven (Romans 6:23).
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
who will TRUST and OBEY Him.
He is deserving of our love, our loyalty, and
our lives.
Won’t you
accept the Gift on His terms?
David A.
Sargent, Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
*
Details gleaned Associated Press article, “Subway
Savior Showered With Praise” at MSNBC.com -- http:///www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16469039/
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