Off Duty Fireman makes Daring Train Track Rescue

 

 

What do you do when you see others in distress? Are you the type to stand and stare or roll up your sleeves and get to work?

Well for this off-duty NYC fireman, the answer was easy:

Adam Rivera, 30, pulled an unconscious man from subway tracks as a train was barreling into the Manhattan station.

“This is my job,” Rivera, who works for Engine 10 in lower Manhattan, thought to himself. “I’m a New York City firefighter - I’m not going to stand there and do nothing!”

Around 10 p.m., Rivera had just finished celebrating his seventh anniversary with his girlfriend when he noticed the man lying unconscious below the opposite platform of the Union Square station.

Rivera shot across the tracks - leaping over two third rails (loaded with 600 deadly volts of electricity) and through a divider - to drag the victim out of harm’s way. Two good Samaritans helped lift the man to safety before a Q train pulled two-thirds of the way into the station.

“There was no time to be afraid,” Rivera said. “You can’t waste time hesitating. You just move, and the thinking stops.”

The victim, Marco Delemo, 45, was in the intensive care unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital with head injuries. It was unclear how he ended up on the tracks.

Rivera, meanwhile, was lauded as a hero by his co-workers.

“He put his own life in danger,” said Battalion Chief Kevin Woods, a 19-year veteran.

“He saved that man’s life.”

Source: NY Daily News

Beth

Embracing a bad day, it’s not easy but there’s always a way.

 

 

Many of us “fear fear itself.” So when we’re having a bad day, we seem to perpetuate it by resisting it or worrying that we won’t be able to change it. We all like control; its important for us to know that if something is going wrong, we can fix it. But some days, unfortunately, bad can’t be fixed.

Or is it unfortunate? Are bad days really that bad?

The way you handle a trying time is a spiritual calibrator, monitoring your inner mettle. If you melt down because your car breaks down or a cashier treats you rudely, than chances are, you have some work to do.

So the next time you wake up and the day ahead of you seems dark and your mood seems darker, take a deep breath and treat yourself kindly. Watch yourself from a distance when a trigger comes your way. Don’t try to force a good mood. That will only frustrate. Allow your bad mood and your bad day to go its own unmerry way.

Often, when we allow a bad state of mind to just be, we realize that we’re in pain and need to face up to that, whether that means a good cry or a scream or writing in your journal or talking to a friend.

Resistance can actually exacerbate a bad mood and a bad day. Life is often beyond our control. And certainly a bad day can bring up our constant need to “fix it.” But what if its just not fixable? Can you live with that? Better yet, can you embrace what is uncontrollable in your life?

Can you let go and let a bad day lead the way?

 
Beth