It was 12:45 p. m. on January 2nd, 2007. Fifty-year-old Wesley Autrey was waiting for the train at a subway station in New York. His two daughters, aged four and six, were with him.
1 , a sick man fell on the platform (站台). The man, 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, got up, but then fell again一this time, onto the track (轨道) between the two rails. A 2 was coming into the station. It was a fightening(引起恐惧的) moment. Everyone on the platform was nervous, and they were anxious about the man's safety.
3 Mr. Autrey wasn't afraid. He looked at the man, and he looked at the 4 that the man was in. It was about half a meter deep. And he 5 , "The train is going to travel over this man. If he tries to get up, the train will 6 him But if he lies on the ground and doesn't7 , he'll be OK. "So he knew he had to make a 8 . And there was no time to think carefully.
He 9 without a second thought. Mr. Autrey lay on top of Mr. Hollopeter and kept him down on the ground. The train driver saw them. He was afraid, but he couldn't 10 in time. Five subway cars traveled over the two men before the train stopped.
The people on the platform were 11 . When Mr. Autrey heard them screaming (尖叫) he shouted,"We' re OK down here, but I have two daughters up there. Let them know their father is OK. " People on the platform clapped (鼓掌) and 12 . They were amazed at Mr. Autrey's 13 . Subway workers helped the two men out. They had no serious injuries.
Mr. Autrey said,"I didn't do14 special. I just saw someone who needed 15 . I did what I thought was right,"
