Malverne Motorman Nominated for Hero Award

When a New York City cop was wrestling with a criminal suspect on a subway platform in Brooklyn and on the verge of falling onto the tracks, Malvernite Bruce Petry came to the rescue.

After radioing the Rail Control Center to stop traffic on the tracks, the 59-year-old MTA motorman and retired cop quickly rushed to the officer's aid. Recounting what happened on that winter day in 2009, Petry told the New York Daily News:

“The guy was trying to throw the police officer onto the tracks ... I dragged them to the center of the platform and then jumped in to help the cop subdue the guy. They were close to going over the edge.” 

For the heroic actions he displayed on that subway platform, as well as a lifetime spent helping others as a long-time volunteer with the Ronald McDonald House, the Malverne Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the Brooklyn-Queens chapter of the police Holy Name Society, Petry is in the running to win a Hometown Hero in Transit Award from The News.

Petry was nominated by his son, Kevin, who told a Daily News' reporter:

“What makes him a hero is the everyday things he does in his life.”

To read more about Petry and the contest click here.