Brave Rescue on NYC Subway

Twenty three year old, Cornell student Bryce Demopoulos was recently caught on MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) camera helping a man in need. As the student entered the subway platform awaiting his connection that would usher him to his summer job at Weill Cornell Medicine, he observed a man stumble off the platform and onto the tracks. Initially Bryce assumed the man would just hop right back out but it became clear as the man shouted that he was not capable of doing so without help. 

So without thinking, Demopoulos jumped into the subway rail line with an oncoming train headed for the pair in effort to assist the fallen man back onto the platform. "I didn't really think about it too much. I saw somebody who was obviously in trouble and I was in a position to help him. It didn't really occur to me that it was dangerous in the moment - I just feel like I had the responsibility to just hop in and help him when he needed it." It was not until footage of his heroism surfaced that Bryce was able to realize just how narrowly he had escaped injury as both the audio and headlights of the oncoming train intensify as it enters the station.

Currently enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with an emphasis on Environmental Engineering, Demopoulos is an aspiring doctor with his recent application to medical school. With a heart for his fellow man and quick thinking ability to risk his life in effort to save another, his future in medicine where he can continue improving the lives of others seems like a perfect choice for this amazing young man. For more on this story please click here and visit the Cornell News site and associated article.