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Posted by Chris Spags on November 29th, 2010 at 12:30 pm

A New York man is being hailed as a hero for saving a man from the train tracks on the subway. And maybe he is. But the motives for “hero” Carlos Flores saving the guy from getting pancaked by a train are less altruistic than one might think.

An East Harlem man was being hailed as a subway hero for pulling a straphanger off the tracks Sunday, saving him from being crushed by a train.

Lifesaver Carlos Flores, 36, said a combination of benevolence and not wanting to miss an overtime shift at his grocery store job prompted his derring-do.

“I was thinking, if he gets hit I can’t go to work. It’s Sunday. I can’t miss out. It’s a time-and-a-half day,” Flores told the Daily News.

Brave local man makes it to work on time – after heroically saving man sprawled on No. 6 track [NY Daily News]

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