Wesley Autrey, the gentleman who jumped on the tracks in the face of an oncoming train to save the life of a complete stranger.
So what do you think happens with Autrey from here? Released an inspirational rap album? Biopic of the Week starring Eddie Murphy?
Amazing story. I don’t think my first instinct would have been to jump down. Especially with my two young kids standing there with me!! My instinct to survive would have been stronger than my instinct to save the guy in the tracks.
I wonder what it was about this guy, something in his upbringing, something in his genes, that gave him the impetus to risk his life like that in a split second to save someone he didn’t know.
Do you think you would have done the same thing?
And now this story, also from New York, of two guys who caught a three-year old baby when it fell five stories!
What is it about positive news stories of heroes from New York this week?
Either:
a) This is all a stunt to promote the new season of “Hereos” on NBC.
b) Mutant “Hero” genes are spontaneously switching themselves on inside nooyorkers, possible something to do with the drinking water.
c) The stories were all concocted by the industrial-military complex to take people’s attention away from the fact that GWB’s new Iraq plan will look very much like the old Iraq plan with a couple of new faces and some new catchphrases.
Hmm… Heroes doesn’t comes back till the 22nd… probably not a stunt for that.
I’d say that what’s going to happen next to Autrey is that he’ll appear in a cameo in one of the Spiderman comics (or maybe even the movie) saving Spidey from the same sort of thing…
As for option c… check out Supreme Power ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Power ) for why this doesn’t work 🙂
As far as if I could do it… I think I would as far as make an attempt at getting the dude off the tracks. As far as throwing myself under a train… I might think twice.
The other thing is that does anyone know if “Hero’s” is going to be shown in Australia? Or are you “watching” it via “community” *cough* methods Cam?
Dave, yeah Heroes starts here on Ch7 this year… sometime. But you can find it on torrents easy enough.
If I was sure I could make it under the train then definitely but in his situation if I wasn’t sure then it would be fairly unlikely.
People watch TV via regular methods. With so many good shows on atm there is no way i would wait till the Aussie networks butchered them.