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Wantagh man rescued on subway tracks

Originally published: August 16, 2010 10:26 PM
Updated: August 16, 2010 10:29 PM
By WILL VAN SANT  will.vansant@newsday.com

Quick Read"I just want to thank them for their courage . . . and maybe give them a hug," Michael Lodespoto said.

Commuters wait at the Atlantic Terminal subway station,

Photo credit: Dave Sanders | Commuters wait at the Atlantic Terminal subway station, Monday, where Michael Lodespoto fell on the tracks days before. (Aug. 16, 2010)

Michael Lodespoto has a message for the strangers who rescued him from the tracks of the New York City subway and whom he credits with giving him another chance at life.

"I just want to thank them for their courage . . . and maybe give them a hug," Lodespoto said from the Brooklyn hospital where he had been admitted after the accident Friday.

Lodespoto, 57, set out on his regular commute...

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