Original Subway Hero Can't Stop Being Heroic

2007 subway hero Wesley Autrey announced plans yesterday that he is forming a foundation to help rescue kids from the trouble they run into on the streets. Autrey rescued a man having an epileptic seizure last year by jumping onto a subway platform and pulling him underneath an oncoming 1 train and won the hearts of the city and beyond. That act of bravery has been depicted in paintings by Haitian-born artist Smith Georges and will be sold for $25 each to fund the organization. Autrey said, "I want to take this hero thing to another level. We can rescue kids from guns, drug, gangs, violence."