Enero 2, 2007

"We're O.K. down here, but I've got two daughters up there. Let them know their father's O.K."

Wesley Autrey, hero.
Ipinaskil ni Ann Althouse sa 10:03 PM

15 komento:

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

That's liberal New York values for ya . . .

1/2/07, 10:24 PM
amba ayon kay ...

"cries of wonder, and applause."

as Glenn would say: Indeed.

1/2/07, 11:30 PM
KCFleming ayon kay ...

"Let them know their father's O.K.""

Twice a hero. First to the man he saved, then to his young daughters. Just seconds after the danger passes, he thinks immediately of them, alone and scared, and offers comfort there, too.

A true gentleman.

1/3/07, 7:03 AM
Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Read the article twice, apparently missing the "Wesley Autrey, a New York liberal..." part both times.

1/3/07, 7:51 AM
High Power Rocketry ayon kay ...

This blog is so much better than the others.

1/3/07, 8:02 AM
MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Amazing. I wonder if I would make the same choice.

1/3/07, 8:19 AM
NSC ayon kay ...

Hmm, the article didn't say whether he was a liberal or not, although I can see why liberals would try to claim him - they have so few real heros these days.

I will just echo Pogo's remark - he is a true gentleman.

1/3/07, 8:50 AM
Joe Giles ayon kay ...

Saw him on TV. Said it was his military training that helped him keep his cool.

1/3/07, 9:27 AM
Richard Lawrence Cohen ayon kay ...

According to the Daniel Dennetts of the world, however, his action was not a free choice, and therefore deserves no credit.

1/3/07, 9:40 AM
Sanjay ayon kay ...

What a sweet guy. Thanks for putting up this link.

1/3/07, 2:39 PM
John Kindley ayon kay ...

If I owned (or worked at) a lunch counter, I'd be honored to pour that man a cup of coffee and serve him lunch. It'd be on the house, for the rest of his life. Somebody should give him a million dollars. That's something his daughters will remember for the rest of their lives. Something that he himself resists being proud of, but that they can take to heart.

1/3/07, 3:00 PM
John Kindley ayon kay ...

Wait a second, hold the train. Is that a Playboy bunny on his knit cap smeared with train grease?!?!

1/3/07, 3:07 PM
Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

There was a similar incident many years ago. I read it in, I think, Reader's Digest. A small child had fallen onto the tracks and nobody was doing anything, with a train bearing down. Two guys finally jumped down, one grabbed the kid and tossed him up to the other guy (who had realized he could reach the kid in time, so he jumped back up on the platform). The guy still on the tracks thought he was a goner, but he jumped up and people grabbed him and helped pull him back up. Later, he found a chunk taken out of his shoe where the train had hit it.

I found this, too.

1/3/07, 5:07 PM
Gahrie ayon kay ...

He's black right? Doesn't that automatically make him a liberal?

1/3/07, 5:21 PM
The Drill SGT ayon kay ...

A Brave Man and a Classy Guy

1/3/07, 5:31 PM

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