By Tara Kyle
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — City straphangers have more than one subway superhero to thank this week.
On the heels of a Brooklyn woman’s Monday rescue by an unknown man at the Union Square station, a local union official was praised on Thursday for helping save a woman at the Chambers Street station in TriBeCa.
John Busch, president of Iron Workers Local 580, left his job early Wednesday because he felt concerned that his flu-stricken wife was not answering the phone.
While waiting for the Brooklyn-bound A train around 1:30 p.m., Busch, 46, noticed a commotion on the northbound side of the station.
“Everybody started screaming,” Busch told DNAinfo, explaining he saw a young woman who had fallen on to the tracks. “She was crying and obviously hurt.”
Busch, a retired fireman, helped pull the woman up by the belt loops on her pants, while an MTA track worker grabbed her by the wrists.
Once the woman was safely on the platform, Busch, still worried about his wife of 21 years, boarded the next Brooklyn-bound train without getting the name of the woman or track worker who aided him in the rescue.
He said he knew that the MTA was likely to shut down the station, and he wanted to make sure he would be able to get home.
“I didn’t think it was a big deal. Anybody would have done it, I’m pretty sure,” Busch said. “I’m glad I was there. I’m glad I was able to help her out.”
Following the incident, Busch said he would have been content to remain anonymous, but his wife called media outlets.
He began consenting to interviews after reporters flanked him as he left his union meeting Thursday.
