NY Man Jumps on Subway Tracks to Save Stranger, Get to Work on Time
- Posted on November 30, 2010 at 1:44am by
Meredith Jessup
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On Monday morning, New Yorkers awoke to the news of a new town hero. Just one day earlier, 36-year-old Carlos Flores was waiting for his downtown 6 train to take him to work when the grocery store clerk noticed a man who fainted sprawled over the tracks. As the clock counted down the 3 minutes until the next train was due to arrive, Flores said he jumped down onto the tracks and dragged the 220-pound man to safety.
Flores says that he didn’t want to see anyone get hurt, but also admits that he also didn’t want the train to be delayed as he made his way to work. “I was thinking, if he gets hit I can’t go to work,” Flores told the Daily News. “It’s Sunday. I can’t miss out. It’s time-and-a-half day,” he said. His job at a NoHo grocery store nets him $19/hour on Sundays.
Flores didn’t stick around to be thanked or congratulated on his good deed, however. Once the anonymous stranger was safe on the platform and the 6 train arrived, he hopped on and headed downtown. “I couldn’t stay. I had to go to work,” he said. “Christmas is around the corner. You need these time-and-a-half days.”
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Comments (48)
dontbotherme
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:57pmGood man! God bless him!
Report Post »Rn mom
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 5:16pmI guess it‘s a lucky thing that today wasn’t his day off.
Report Post »Dan Foster
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:18pmDan
Report Post »tarkle-chopski
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:31pmI say, the doode first saved a man’s life, then went, cool…. I’ll make it to work on time! Ok, so you may question his motivations, but seriously folks, what he did was extraordinary no matter how you look at it. Why does everybody have to over analyze a good deed done? He killed two birds with one stone, so are you going to demonize him for how he explained it? How are you ever going to know what went through his mind? Does it matter? He has my support.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:12amHah! Typical New Yorker! And I say that with a lot of admiration. His explanation as to why he did what he did has humility all over it covered over with a New Yorker’s attitude!
Report Post »sandalwood
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:36pmI’m with you, Dale. Want to know why he’s the only one who A) noticed the guy on the tracks and B) jumped down to save him? Because he‘s a genuinely good guy who didn’t give it a second thought and did what had to be done. That work excuse was an afterthought to deflect the limelight, although it was a darned good one.
He’s a hero in my book, any way you slice it. Those tracks (and the trains that come flying down them) are dark and scary, and I don’t know that I would do it.
Report Post »Random Thoughts
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:05amHe also might have been saying that tongue-in-cheek. At least a little bit. Some people really don’t want anything to do with the limelight…
Report Post »LLATPOH
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:01amIt shows that being selfish (which, contrary to many, isn’t a bad thing) has positive effects on those around you.
Think about why you do anything, and you’ll see “I” in every reason.
This guy has his head on straight. We need millions more like him.
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:40amSave the day and get right to work.
Report Post »America!
Derfel Cadarn
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:36amMaybe just maybe there is hope for America.
Report Post »diogenese
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:20amGod Bless You Carlos. There are not many people who would jump onto subway tracks with a live 3rd rail and place themselves in harms way to help someone they don’t even know. The fact that you were concerned about getting to work on time to provide for your family, makes you a bigger hero.
Report Post »awizard
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:21amThis guy is most of us out here … ‘don’t want attention, just trying to live in peace, ‘do the right thing and take care of our own business … You don’t see us/them much, but there are Millions …
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:12amStore owner should reward him with a great big cart full of Christmas-dinner groceries!
Report Post »Reasonabiliy
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:05amWould he still be a hero if that fat guy he saved was little Georgie Soros?
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:54pmYes.
Report Post »enigmaman
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:42amtalk about having a strong work ethic
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:30amGood guy in my book…… Must be a conservative..
Report Post »Bermuda Onion
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:01amIf he was a lib he’d be waiting for the TV crews and accolades.
Report Post »Conserving Ink
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:36amI‘m pretty sure the guy on the tracks didn’t care what his motive was.
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Geo0248
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:16amthis is a man who should be shouting to Obama and the rest of the progressives, “spread around my work ethic, not my money”!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:35amThat was good! And I couldn’t agree more.
Report Post »slade37
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:12amI don’t know. It‘s great he saved someone’s life, but I’m not sure about his attitude. He saved someone because he didn’t want to miss any work on a day that pays more than usual. He seemed to care more about his paycheck being affected than the man’s life. …or was it just a poor choice of words. Nervous from the attention – even if he doesn’t show it.
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:33amTo be fair he did say ” I didn’t want to see anyone get hurt “ he said that before the ” I didn’t want to miss work “…
Report Post »Kasey
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:06pmI sure hope you’re being facetious. If not for your sake, than the sake of anyone who you will ever know.
Report Post »Alexandra1214
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 5:26amAbsolutely ….. Perfect!!!
Report Post »popeyebedford
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 5:00amDoing the right thing in both instances…Bravo
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:37amHe said he just didn’t want to miss work. It sounded like he was ashamed to be saving the mans life.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:34amOh, pleeze. I read the same article and it sounded like he wanted to do the right thing, but he also was
Report Post »worried about getting to work on time. So? I’d have felt the same way and thought the same way.
dontbotherme
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:53pmHe was not ashamed. He was worried about taking care of himself & his family & he saved a man’s life in the process. Don’t be so cynical.
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:31amA hero and somebody who works…six days a week to make it in NY.
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:24amI like the attitude…’To get to work on time “.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:17amBravo Carlos Flores!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:09amLuck man to have Carlos Flores there because Barry would have been on vacation
Report Post »Tuesday
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:08amCommendabile. A hero! IF only all workers are as diligent as Carlos Flores!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:11amVery brave and he has true heart, not to mention guts of steel.
Report Post »MidwestMomof3
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:19amAmen! I know it feels like that some days to get to the part-time jobs around here (who don’t have public transportation ’cause we live in the “boonies” )
Report Post »*************************
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:22amNot exactly a “commendable” hero (”I was thinking, if he gets hit I can’t go to work”) … just “a hero”.
“Hey, you can’t park that animal over there! It’s illegal.” -Mr. Johnson, Blazing Saddles
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:54amThe profit motive saves lives! :)
grandmaof5
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:26amWow, not only a hero but someone with work ethic, and integrity. That grocery store and its customers are very lucky to have a man who cares about his job and his paycheck (no gov handouts).
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:36amYou can argue with that kind of work ethic!
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:56amAt least he is honest of his intentions. I don’t fault him for why he saved someones life. Ever see the movie “Hero” with Dustin Hoffman?
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