MTA Heroes stabilize customer who fell backwards down escalator in Grand Central Madison

Wednesday, April 26, 2023
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- This week's MTA Heroes are three policers who work at the brand new Grand Central Madison terminal.

Philip Gauthier, Sean Arcabasio, and Nicholas Goon sprung into action when a man fell backwards down an escalator and lost consciousness.
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They are being honored for how quickly they stabilized the man until EMS arrived.

It turned out that the customer's son is a former NYPD officer himself.
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He wrote a letter to the three heroes to thank them for taking care of his father, a navy veteran, as well as his mother who was alongside him at the time of the fall.

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