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Mar 28, 2009
"We can not live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men." --Herman Melville
An Everday Subway Hero
Subway heroes, as they are inevitably tagged even before the grease from the tracks is rubbed off, come along every now and then -- indeed, as the story of Chad Lindsey suggests, perhaps more often than we know. Minutes after rescuing a man who had fallen onto the subway tracks at the Penn Station stop on Monday, Mr. Lindsey managed to melt back into the anonymity of the city, escaping the notice of the police, paramedics and subway workers. "I'm of many minds of being in the spotlight," he said after a call from this reporter.
BE THE CHANGE
Think of a time when you were touched by the kindness of a stranger. Find a way to pay-it-forward today.
