Video shows NYPD transit officers rescue man who collapsed onto subway tracks

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Two NYPD transit officers are being hailed as heroes for rescuing a man who fell onto subway tracks in Manhattan as a train was coming into the station.

It happened Sunday at the 14th Street A/C/E station, where the man suffered a medical episode.

Officers Chris Cerny and Gary Lamour were on the platform at the time and jumped into action.

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Police body camera footage released by the NYPD on social media shows the man unconscious lying in the track bed with the uptown train approaching.

"You would have a flashlight and you signal from left to right, right to left," he said. "Once the train conductor would see a light that's going from left to right, that signals for the train to stop."

It worked, and the two 10-year veterans pulled the man to safety -- putting themselves in harm's way to save a man's life.

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The man was taken to the hospital, and police attempts to make contact with him later were unsuccessful. Bit at last check, he was conscious, alert and -- most importantly -- alive.