I don't think that any of us can say with any certainty what we would do in that type of situation. I suspect that we all might like to think that we would do the right thing but, sometimes, that just isn't possible. Shock can paralyse bystanders quite often.

Mr Autrey was the right man in the right place at that time. I watched the news tonight and he is being feted by the media and rewarded by the New York authorities and the likes of Donald Trump. His daughters, it seems, have been offered scholarships by the film school that the student attends.

It is good to see this kind of bravery rewarded but I do hope that he will be allowed to fade into the background once he's had what he calls his 'fifteen minutes of fame'. Sometimes the media hangs onto these things like a dog with a bone. Maybe I'm being overly cynical, but I wonder whether, right now, some newshound isn't probing into his background, just to see if they can dig any dirt. I hope that his heroic act doesn't bring him notoriety in the long run.