Man of the Hour

**Csargo** · 01-04-2007, 00:18

That's a good man right there.

**drone** · 01-04-2007, 00:30

I'm surprised that jumping between the rails worked. I figured that was just a Hollywood thing, and in reality some heavy chunk of metal would run low enough to make this unwise.

Good job, though. Free beer for Mr. Autrey!

**Papewaio** · 01-04-2007, 01:32

Wow, that could have been 2 dead instead of one.

Great thing to do risking ones life for a stranger. Mind you with two kids, they would have been my first priority, nice to be a hero but it doesn't put food on the kids plates if you are dead. Still heroic just with fairly severe consequences if he had not survived.

**Slyspy** · 01-04-2007, 01:37

Way to rain on the parade!

**mercian billman** · 01-04-2007, 01:40

The only thing I can say is that was a very brave thing to do, it's funny how true heroism often leaves us speechless.

**Papewaio** · 01-04-2007, 02:35

Originally Posted by Slyspy

Way to rain on the parade!

Simple perspective. Once you have kids they are to be looked after so that they can become independent responsible adults.

If a parent saves the life of a stranger, but the parent dies in the attempt then they better have some contingency plans in place to look after their own children if the society and/or state cannot/will not. If society and/or state does not act in a reciprocal manner to those who look after others (ie pensions for the widows of police killed in the line of duty) then it is not a good thing for ones genes to be a hero... it is just a more messy variant of neutering oneself if your own genes and successors get removed from the gene pool by ones heroism.

**Gregoshi** · 01-04-2007, 04:00

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Simple perspective...

I'm sure 99% of us can think of several personal reasons not to jump down on the tracks to help that man. That Mr. Autrey did so is what makes his action so noteworthy and commendable. Somehow I don't think Mr. Autrey was considering the impact of his action on his gene pool.

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 01-04-2007, 04:26

Man of the Hour definitely -- though it seems that Pappy isn't letting him into the faction because of the other traits.

**Papewaio** · 01-04-2007, 04:43

a) I noted it was heroic twice. He is the Man of the Hour.
b) That it also has severe consequences... which is a two edged sword... one side being that it is dangerous enough to be considered brave the other side of which is the cost of failure severe... that together it explains why heroes is a rarity... it tends to be something for the greater good which in turn limits the spread of such a nice set of genes... I don't think people get much of a time to think it through... so they either have trained for emergency situations and/or have the 'right stuff'.
c) I noted that it is different scenario for a parent with (young) children... mind you I think being a parent I would be now far more prone to do the same for a young child then an adult.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 01-04-2007, 06:01

Originally Posted by Gregoshi

I'm sure 99% of us can think of several personal reasons not to jump down on the tracks to help that man. That Mr. Autrey did so is what makes his action so noteworthy and commendable. Somehow I don't think Mr. Autrey was considering the impact of his action on his gene pool.

Yes, I can imagine the impact of his actions on his children probably struck when he realized he could not lift the poor guy back onto the platform in time.
Despite that awful predicament he did not abandon this stranger to his fate. Absolutely remarkable.

The hero's wife probably doesn't know whether to hug him or slap him.