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Mugu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 11:40 AM
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Subway Miracle: Hero Beats Long Odds To Make Save
Columbia U. Worker Leaps Across 3 Tracks During Rush Hour To Save Much Bigger Man

NEW YORK (CBS) ― You're about to meet a subway hero, who jumped onto the tracks to save a man. But as CBS 2 HD has learned, his leap of faith was just the beginning.

Veeramuthu Kalimuthu -- or Kali – is a mechanic at Columbia University. His recent actions make him a hero in the truest sense of the word. And if not for someone else coming forward to tell his story, the public would never know what he did on March 14.

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A man had fallen onto the tracks from the opposite platform, all the way on the other side of the station.

"People were getting their cell phones out trying to call the police, somebody's got to help him and then I looked over and I saw the gentlemen Kali jump down, hop over the rails," said witness Ed Dijoseph, who brought Kali's story to CBS 2 HD.




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Mugu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 12:30 PM
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 12:36 PM
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2. Three cheers for a caring person and a Hero!
Edited on Fri Mar-21-08 12:38 PM by 1monster
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