Published 07 Nov, 2014
A number of heroic MTA/New York City Transit workers among TWU Local 100’s ranks have been nominated for the Daily News Hometown Heroes in Transit awards, which honor exceptional bus and subway workers. Who are these heroes? Among them is a group of fast-moving MTA trackmen who saved the life of a co-worker about to fall 60 feet to the street from an elevated subway line in Brooklyn, and a 90-year-old subway machinist (and World War II veteran) who makes parts for workhorse trains that were built decades ago.
About Frank Gurrera, World War II veteran and subway machinist…