Hero

The hero

Meet a real life hero, Long Island Railroad assistant conductor Eugene Chino.

Tuesday, summoned by other patrons who thought they heard a child screaming, Chino rushed on to the tracks in Freeport, NY, as a westbound LIRR train was held in the station. Weaving through active tracks and past the electrified third rail, Chino disrupted the rape of a 28 year old woman on the tracks. A 48 year old suspect was apprehended and charged with first degree rape.

Action > Inaction.

From the wisdom of Martin Luther King, "The problems of today are not the vitriolic words and the evil actions of the bad people, but the appalling silence and inaction of the good people."

Not this time.