New York Hero Week Continues
Close on the heels of Wesley Autrey's saving a man in the New York City Subway comes word of yet another courageous action to save the life of another. This time, the rescue occurred above ground. About four stories above it, in fact. Two men caught a 3-year old boy as he tumbled from a fire escape four stories above the pavement. You read that right. The two men caught the little boy.
Julio Gonzalez, 43, and Pedro Nevarez, 40, saw 3-year-old Timothy Addo dangling from a Bronx building on Thursday, police said. The boy had crawled out of a window when his baby sitter briefly took her eyes off of him, police said.
"He was hanging on for dear life," Gonzalez said.
Hearing people in the building scream for help as the boy's grip weakened, the men rushed over to position themselves under the fire escape to catch him.
"No one came," Nevarez said. "We knew it was up to us."
The boy tumbled and hit Nevarez in the chest so hard he knocked him off balance, but he bounced into Gonzalez' arms.
The boy suffered one small cut on his head. New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is quoted as saying, "This is the week of heroes in New York." Yes, I think that's about right.
News, Uncategorized | Gaius Friday, 5 January , 2007
By TC@LeatherPenguin, Friday, 5 January , 2007 @ 3:45 pm
I think this is kinda a NYC 9-11-01 postscript: “Welcome to NY: City of Oh No You Don’t; Not on My Watch!”
By Gaius, Friday, 5 January , 2007 @ 3:46 pm
It’s been kind of a good week to be a New Yorker. Lots to be proud of.