It's every subway motorman's nightmare: Just as his 370-ton train was speeding into Manhattan's 59th Street station, Francis Lusk noticed a woman fall into the tracks.

Because he spotted her so quickly, Lusk was able to bring the subway to a controlled stop before it ran over the now motionless woman. But Lusk was still concerned that a do-gooder on the platform would try to jump down into the track to save the still-unidentified women.

"When I got my train to a complete stop, I blew the horn to make sure the customers froze in their tracks," Lusk told the "Today" show. "With the electricity still on, the more people down there, the worse it could possibly get."

The fast-acting motorman then had the electricity switched off and tended to the woman, who had suffered facial injuries and was later hospitalized.

Despite how horribly the situation could have turned out if Lusk wasn't on top of things, he rejects the "hero" label.

"I did basically what my job was ... to make sure everybody gets home safely," he explained. Check out the video below. [AOL News]