Here's a working link to the article: http://snipurl.com/16w2r

I found this story fascinating. The other thing I wondered about was - did Autrey know something about how the underside of a subway train is constructed? I wouldn't have jumped because I wouldn't have had any way of knowing that there was more than, say, an inch of clearance between the track and the train.

I wondered that, too. I heard in a report that he was careful not to touch the "3rd rail".