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Hero straphanger saved 83-year-old vet after NYC subway shoves: ‘What can you say about New Yorkers?’

12 March 2026 · 09:37 UTC+11:00 · By Steven Vago, Georgett Roberts, Fenix Suriel, Kyle Schnitzer, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

Story summary

A Big Apple straphanger hero pulled an 83-year-old Air Force vet to safety with only seconds to spare after both were shoved onto Upper East Side subway tracks, allegedly by an illegal immigrant.

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