Ballet dancer becomes NYC subway hero
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this April 1, 2010 photo, the tunnel connecting the Bowling Green station in Manhattan to the Borough Hall station in Brooklyn on the 4 train line is seen in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (AP)
Not all heroes wear tights—but New York City man Gray Davis does, in his job as a dancer with the American Ballet Theater.
Davis, 31, sprang into action after a homeless man was pushed onto subway tracks on Saturday night, jumping onto the tracks and lifting the unconscious 58-year-old man to safety before swinging himself back up, the AP reports.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Davis, who was not dancing that night due to a herniated disk injury, was on his way home with wife and fellow dancer Cassandra Trenary after her performance in The Golden Cockerel.
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When the man was pushed onto the tracks after an argument, "at first I waited for somebody else to jump down there," Davis tells the New York Times. "People were screaming to get help. But nobody jumped down. So I jumped down."
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