G Train Operator Who Saved Woman From Tracks Named Brooklyn Hero

FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — A train operator who saved a woman who had jumped onto the Fulton Street subway tracks has been named a Brooklyn hero.

Eric Boyo, who operates the G train, was one of three MTA employees honored as a "Hero of the Month" by Borough President Eric Adams on Thursday.

Boyo had been pulling his train into the station at about 37 mph when a straphanger on the platform flagged him down. The train operator stopped the G train about 100 feet from a woman, who had jumped onto the tracks in an apparent suicide attempt, and got out to help her up.

“My biggest concern was, ‘Is this person OK?’ ” Boyo said during a press conference after the incident. “We’re just doing our jobs…this is what we do.”

The August heroes of the month also included Tony Mannino, 54, and Larry Moreno, 50, who had rescued a woman standing on the tracks at Newkirk Plaza station on Aug. 7.

Mannino, a signal maintenance worker with 23 years on the job, was working on nearby tracks when screams alerted him that something was wrong and he darted to the northbound platform to see the woman on the tracks.

Mannino worried the Q train conductor wouldn't be able to stop in time once he saw the woman, who climbed down mid-platform, so he jumped onto the tracks at the platform's end where the conductor would be better able to see him and signaled for Moreno to stop.

Moreno pulled on the brake and when the train stopped, Mannino climbed down onto the tracks to help the woman onto the platform, he said. She left without waiting for medical help.

“All three of these individuals acted heroically to save lives and each of them deserves our commendation,"MTA President Andy Byford said. "I am proud to work alongside such distinguished colleagues and couldn’t think of a more deserving trio to be recognized for their heroic action.”

The three MTA workers were honored along with the borough president's heroes for June, July and September, including an FDNY captain that saved a drowning person, a woman who cleared a flooded highway with a traffic cone, a Bay Ridge volunteer organization and a resident who started a water collection drive.

"Our Heroes of the Month showcase the best our borough and our city has to offer," Adams said. "These individuals stepped up when they were needed most, exemplifying the qualities of bravery, selflessness, and sacrifice. We are proud to have these heroes representing our borough, and look forward to their future contributions to Brooklyn and New York."