Perhaps The MTA Should Hire This Urban Superhero To Combat Fainting Epidemic
After yesterday’s report on fainting dieters clogging up the city’s subway grid:
NEW YORK: Passengers who faint because they are dieting too much are among the top causes of subway delays, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The Times finds a solution:
Who has ridden along New York’s 656 miles of subway lines and not wondered: “What if I fell to the tracks as a train came in? What would I do?”
And who has not thought: “What if someone else fell? Would I jump to the rescue?”
Wesley Autrey, a 50-year-old construction worker and Navy veteran, faced both those questions in a flashing instant yesterday, and got his answers almost as quickly.
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