MTA Hero: Train operator rescues cat on tracks without causing service delays

TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (WABC) -- When a cat made its way onto the subway tracks earlier this month, train operator Allan Mahadeo jumped into action to rescue it.

Mahadeo was operating his 2 train southbound to Times Square when he spotted the cat just before 10 p.m. on Oct. 7.
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The small black cat was sitting nervously next to the third rail ahead of his train.

He brought the train to a stop, got down to the tracks and being a cat owner himself, was able to persuade the cat to let him pick it up.



Then Mahadeo propped it safely back onto the platform -- all without causing a single service delay.
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