Like pretty much everyone else in New York, I can't stop thinking about Wesley Autrey's amazing subway rescue. Suffice it to say, I've spent quite a bit of time checking out the space between the subway tracks—and it is very small! Though we all hope we'd have something like this in us, I have to wonder how many people could've acted with enough decisiveness and reason in this situation.

The resulting media attention has been both hilarious ("You just risked your life for a stranger, here's a trip to Disney World and free subway passes for a year!") and heartwarming, especially for Wesley's continued eloquence, good humor, and humility in describing what he did. The Letterman interview [via Gawker] tells the story best:

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