{"id":50,"date":"2010-02-18T12:05:23","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T12:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/02\/brooklyn-subway-hero-saves-a-woman.html"},"modified":"2010-02-18T12:05:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T12:05:23","slug":"brooklyn-subway-hero-saves-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/02\/brooklyn-subway-hero-saves-a-woman.html","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Subway Hero Saves a Young Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">Everyone in New York City remembers <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wesley_Autrey\">Wesley Autrey, the &#8220;Subway Hero&#8221; or &#8220;Subway Superman.&#8221;<\/a> who jumped onto the subway tracks in Harlem&nbsp;to save a 19-year-old student who had fallen off the platform.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Another &#8220;Subway Hero,&#8221; 23-year-old Lance McGraw, rescued a young woman in Brooklyn recently. A student at Parsons School of Design, 18-year-old Rosie Rittenberry fainted and fell onto the tracks. When no one else made a move to help Rittenberry, McGraw, a Michigan native who works in advertising, made a split second decision to jump onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train.&nbsp; He lifted the unconscious Rittenberry back onto the platform.<\/p>\n<p>While Rittenberry regained consciousness, McGraw continued on his way and rode the subway to work.<\/p>\n<p>The best part of this true story? Rittenberry and McGraw live only one block from each other in Brooklyn and will be keeping in touch.&nbsp; The two were reunited for the first time on national television.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Watch&nbsp;the Fox News clip below:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" id=\"video\" width=\"320\" height=\"280\" data=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxny.com\/video\/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=6300\"><param value=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxny.com\/video\/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=6300\" name=\"movie\"\/><param value=\"&#038;skin=MP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf&#038;embed=true&#038;adSrc=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fadx%2Ftsg%2Ewnyw%2Fwildcard%5F1%2Fdetail%3Bdcmt%3Dtext%2Fxml%3Bpos%3D%3Btile%3D2%3Bfname%3Dsubway%2Dsurvivor%2Dand%2Dhero%2Dreunite%2Din%2Dbrooklyn%2D100215%3Bloc%3Dembed%3Bsz%3D320x240%3Bord%3D100408225816410780%3Frand%3D0%2E9506048284899644&#038;flv=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyfoxny%2Ecom%2Ffeeds%2FoutboundFeed%3FobfType%3DVIDEO%5FPLAYER%5FSMIL%5FFEED%26componentId%3D131695858&#038;img=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2%2Emyfoxny%2Ecom%2F%2Fphoto%2F2010%2F02%2F16%2F100216subwayhero%5Ftmb0001%5F20100216090619%5F640%5F480%2EJPG&#038;story=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyfoxny%2Ecom%2Fdpp%2Fgood%5Fday%5Fny%2Fsubway%2Dsurvivor%2Dand%2Dhero%2Dreunite%2Din%2Dbrooklyn%2D100215\" name=\"FlashVars\"\/><param value=\"all\" name=\"allowNetworking\"\/><param value=\"always\" name=\"allowScriptAccess\"\/><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone in New York City remembers Wesley Autrey, the &#8220;Subway Hero&#8221; or &#8220;Subway Superman.&#8221; who jumped onto the subway tracks in Harlem&nbsp;to save a 19-year-old student who had fallen off the platform.&nbsp; Another &#8220;Subway Hero,&#8221; 23-year-old Lance McGraw, rescued a young woman in Brooklyn recently. 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