Video: Man Rescued From Oncoming Subway Train Near East New York

BROOKLYN, NY — A visually-impaired man made two friends for life last week when he was narrowly rescued from an oncoming A train in Brooklyn.

"When I heard your voices, I knew I would be okay," Suleiman Rifai told the NYPD officers who pulled him from tracks at Grant Avenue station. "You are my friends for life for saving my life. And I really appreciate you.”

Rifai, 61, was reunited with his rescuers on Wednesday as the MTA named both men "Heroes of the Subway," the highest honor bestowed on non-employees of the transit system.

The celebration came exactly a week after Officer Jason Macaluso and Detective Henry Greco saw Rifai fall face-first onto the subway tracks and pulled him to safety.

“I waved my arms and used my flashlight to wave down the train to slow it down," Greco said of the rescue.

Added Macaulso, “I felt he’d be comforted by the sound of my voice and used it to guide him towards us."

Both officers, usually housing cops, were patrolling the platform as part of Mayor Eric Adams' Subway Safety Plan, which has sent thousands more officers into the transit system to address a spike in crime and crackdown on subway rules.

MTA officials cited the at-times controversial Subway Plan when commending the rescue this week.

“Two officers who, a month ago, may not have been there, were on the scene, took action and saved a man’s life," NYC Transit President Richard Davey.

NYPD top brass said the rescue is not the first time Greco and Macaulso have stepped up for their neighborhood. The officers have run youth sports program and got food trucks to come to Brownsville to help with food insecurity during the pandemic, according to NYPD Housing Bureau Chief Jeffrey Maddrey.

“These two officers do an awful lot for the community," Maddrey said. "They go above and beyond for the community, and they truly are heroes.”