Video shows moment California transit worker saves man from oncoming train

Monday, November 4, 2019
OAKLAND, California (WPVI) -- For a train platform filled with football fans, the biggest win of the day was one they saw after the game.

And for one man, it was a life-changing save.
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Video from the BART station at the Coliseum in Oakland, California shows the moment a man stumbled and fell just as a train was coming.



An alert transit worker reached down and pulled him up just in time.
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The two men, both shaken up, but unhurt, shared an emotional hug right afterward.

The oncoming train was just about 60-feet away when the incident occurred.

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