His day started at 4 a.m. working a train platform in Washington, but by the end of the day, he was on the national news.    Eliot Swainson, a 46-year-old METRO police officer, was among 100 officers from 18 transit agencies nationwide who were in Washington yesterday to help manage the crowds surging into the ...

  The men and women who drive our buses more than 500 square miles every day see and hear all sorts of things - including emergencies. And sometimes they commit extraordinary acts while on the job - things that are truly above and beyond the call of duty. We want to honor these drivers who do heroic acts. We are calling them "Heroes ...