The subway hero who saved a baby in a stroller after it was was swept by a strong wind onto an elevated subway track in Brooklyn was reunited with the family on Wednesday. Delroy Simmonds was on his way to a job interview at about 1 p.m. Tuesday when a powerful blast of air carried the stroller from the elevated track onto the J train platform at Van Siclen Avenue. The baby and stroller both landed on the tracks. Simmonds immediately jumped onto the tracks, rescuing the baby before the next train came into the station. He visited the boy and his mother Wednesday at Brookdale Hospital, where the child was being treated for a small head injury. Simmonds said the mother thanked him, and he was happy to see the child is doing well. Simmonds shrugged off his new status, pointing out that he is a father and would expect anyone else to do the same for his child. "I don't really feel like much of a hero," he said. "I didn't really think, I just reacted." The baby is expected to be OK. Simmonds missed his job interview but says he was offered a job as a maintenance worker at Kennedy Airport on Wednesday. http://thegrio.com/2012/06/28/subway-hero-offered-job-at-jfk/
to me this brother is a legitimate hero. bloomberg ought to reach in his pocket and give him some money.
I think he saved a mexican baby. The mother is obviously not used to riding the J train, because every woman I've seen on that platform holds on to the baby carriage wind or no wind because it's narrow. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...way-tracks-gig-a-year-a-job-article-1.1103198 Brother Delroy was "rewarded" with $9.50hr maintenance job at JFK airport. I agree with JFP someone else needs to step up. If this guy was willing to risk his life for free, imagine his dedication for pay. He's the type of guy who will give you his all. This brother did what all brother warriors do, they don't wait for action, they leap to action.
they always find a way to give celebrities some "metal of freedom" and a 50k honorarium. why not this brother?
Very often companies, celebrities and/or business people DO give money in cases like this....not always made PUBLIC. ....Back in '07, the Black NY man who laid on top of a guy who'd had a seizure and fallen onto the tracks received all kinds of "rewards/awards" for his bravery....including $10,000 from Donald Trump. But then, whenever anyone does something "HEROIC" and "LIFE-SAVING," should that automatically qualify them for MONETARY GAIN? Should that person CAPITALIZE on an "ACT OF GOODNESS?"