Two Anaconda boys rescued an 89-year-old woman after a natural gas explosion started a fire that eventually destroyed her two-story house, officials said.
The boys, Phillip Forster, 13, and Devin Tonkin, 14, were walking in the area Sunday afternoon when they heard a popping noise and shattered glass, Forster said.
They rounded the corner to see that an explosion had blown out windows, punched a hole in the wall and knocked the north side of the house off its foundation. Circling around the house, they saw Marjorie Forsman standing inside amid the smoke and debris.
They urged Forsman to come outside through the back door. Read more…
When the bikes Dennis and Tamie Leporin bought themselves for Christmas to ride with their young son disappeared from their front lawn, the couple posted a sign to let the thieves know their disappointment.
“I hope U crooks enjoy our bikes U stole; Merry X-Mas,” the sign read.
The next evening the couple heard a knock at their door and found an envelope with $200 inside. A pickup truck was driving away. Read more…
Wesley Autrey faced a harrowing choice as he tried to rescue a teenager who fell off a platform onto a subway track in front of an approaching train: Struggle to hoist him back up to the platform in time, or take a chance on finding safety under the train.
At first, he tried to pull the young man up, but he was afraid he wouldn’t make it in time and they would both be killed.
“So I just chose to dive on top of him and pin him down,” he said.
Autrey and the teen landed in the drainage trough between the rails Tuesday as a southbound No. 1 train entered the 137th Street/City College station.
The train’s operator saw them on the tracks and applied the emergency brakes. Read more…
