Summary Christopher Knafelc saved a man who walked off the platform and fell on the tracks.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Transit police in Philadelphia are calling a local man a hero for jumping onto subway tracks to help a man who fell off the platform.
Thirty-two-year-old Christopher Knafelc was waiting for a train in north Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon when he saw a man walk off the platform and fall on the tracks. He jumped onto the tracks to help the man, knowing that another train would be arriving in a few minutes.
He held the man s head and neck stable until firefighters arrived. Train traffic was halted.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Police Chief Thomas J. Nestel III says Knafelc is a hero.
Nestel says investigators don t know what caused the man to fall on the tracks. He was taken to a hospital and listed in stable condition.
