This is an unbelievable story. Houston Metro Officer Eliot Swainson was in Washington, DC this week, deputized to help with the large crowds for the inauguration. On Tuesday, he saved a 68-year-old woman woman who fell on the subway tracks, by quickly tucking her under a platform seconds before a train arrived.Wait, it gets better. The next day, after he was leaving an interview about the heroic train rescue, he and two Washington transit officers noticed smoke pouring from a nearby row house. They were the first on the scene, alerted firefighters and then began to help people get out of the building.
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My favorite part comes at the end:
...he couldn't resist playing along when a reporter asked whether -- like Superman -- he was wearing a shirt with a giant letter "S" beneath his uniform. "Well, it's 'Swainson,' " he said, laughing. "So, it's always there."It takes a special type of person to impulsively act like that - to jump in harm's way to save another life. Thank you Mr. Swainson for being sublimely good!
Watch Swainson talk about the subway train rescue:
What an amazing story. Officer Eliot is a Hero. And to think he just learned what to do, thank goodness.
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Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Amazing. Even reading your post, I feel that Officer Swainson's energy is so clear and so open. What a joy that this was celebrated and reported.
ReplyDeleteIn Oakland, CA, It was a different type of transit officer and we heard all about that on the news. So I am delighted that we get to find out about people like this guy.
Thank you Sublime Goodness.
I know - aren't you glad that there are people like that in the world?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Authentic Change Coach, its so good to know and be reminded that there are still good people in the world today.
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