Zedechek send us the story of Army Specialist Michael Mechaca who happened to be on the scene at DC’s Metro Center subway station when a man in a wheelchair toppled over the edge of the platform onto the tracks;
NBC4 has the surveillance video, which shows a man go off the platform onto the tracks around 8 a.m. Almost immediately, four men jumped onto the tracks to pull the man to safety. The first bystander to jump was Army Spc. Michael Mechaca, who told NBC4 he was just doing the “courteous thing.”
Well done, SPC Mechaca. Hopefully your command will properly recognize your heroism.
And yes – that was indeed heroism, albeit not in combat. The man literally risked his life to save another.
He ought to get a Soldiers’ Medal for that!
Well done!
News reports said he was nominated for a Soldiers Medal.
Nicely done.
MAJMike: good to hear that. IMO, that’s exactly apropos.
Semper Fidelis SPC Mechacha. Job well done young man!!
Excellent. The man in the wheelchair certainly found himself in a position to need a hero — and he got them!
This is the kind of person that I’d give my last dollar to, Well done SFC Mechacha,
Kudos to the other three men who jumped in with the SFC. You don’t have to wear a uniform to do the right thing. Hoping the community recognizes all 4 men, as well as the Army recognizing SFC Mechacha