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Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/conductor_stops_on_dime_when_woman_dGZWdcWAGW2DcLnmZHh2KL
Conductor stops on a dime when woman falls on tracks
An apparently blind-drunk Boston woman was nearly killed after she stumbled onto a train track -- but a quick-thinking conductor was able to pull to a stop with just inches to spare.
MBTA Orange Line operator Charice Lewis was hailed as a hero yesterday after she spotted fellow passengers frantically flailing their arms on the platform of the North Station Friday night, the Boston Globe reported today.
Dramatic surveillance video shows the woman stamp out a cigarette, stumble and then topple onto the tracks below, where the train nearly crushed her as it pulled into the station.
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“It was so close, I thought it was not good,’’ Lewis, a 27-year-old train operator, told the paper. The woman was not harmed, but she told police she had been drinking for several hours before the near-miss.
Lewis and a MBTA employee who called her from the platform, Jacqueline Osorio, have been called heroes. Both were recognized by state Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Mullan on Monday and received a call of congratulations from Gov. Deval Patrick.
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
dude...
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| Posted 11/10/09 9:09 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
Wow she really stumbled around for a while before she even fell... scary
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| Posted 11/10/09 9:13 AM |
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rojerono
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
I'm sorta surprised that she didn't get electrocuted after narrowly missing getting run over. I'm thinking those must not be electric trains?
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| Posted 11/10/09 9:20 AM |
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
Posted by rojerono
I'm sorta surprised that she didn't get electrocuted after narrowly missing getting run over. I'm thinking those must not be electric trains?
She didn't hit the third rail. It was on Fox5 news last night. The engineer was driving slow into the station anyway due to the fact that a game had just let out and she knew there was going to be a lot of people around.
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| Posted 11/10/09 9:27 AM |
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
OMG...did you see that first man on the platform flailing his arms? If that train was coming full force, he would have been killed too trying to save the lady. 
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| Posted 11/10/09 9:30 AM |
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rojerono
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
Posted by BJandDan
Posted by rojerono
I'm sorta surprised that she didn't get electrocuted after narrowly missing getting run over. I'm thinking those must not be electric trains?
She didn't hit the third rail. It was on Fox5 news last night. The engineer was driving slow into the station anyway due to the fact that a game had just let out and she knew there was going to be a lot of people around.
So there IS a 3rd rail there? With all that stumbling and flailing.. she's a LUCKY woman.
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| Posted 11/10/09 9:32 AM |
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
Posted by rojerono
Posted by BJandDan
Posted by rojerono
I'm sorta surprised that she didn't get electrocuted after narrowly missing getting run over. I'm thinking those must not be electric trains?
She didn't hit the third rail. It was on Fox5 news last night. The engineer was driving slow into the station anyway due to the fact that a game had just let out and she knew there was going to be a lot of people around.
So there IS a 3rd rail there? With all that stumbling and flailing.. she's a LUCKY woman.
Yes, I believe the T has a 3rd rail.
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| Posted 11/10/09 10:15 AM |
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Posted by joenick
OMG...did you see that first man on the platform flailing his arms? If that train was coming full force, he would have been killed too trying to save the lady.
I just saw the video. Yes, he's a hero too.
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| Posted 11/10/09 10:19 AM |
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
OMG!  That's some crazy footage!
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| Posted 11/10/09 10:28 AM |
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
Holy CRAP! 
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| Posted 11/10/09 10:42 AM |
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
Something doesn't seem right. She was able to get up so quickly and easily after the train stopped but couldn't lift her body up at all before then. 
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| Posted 11/10/09 11:05 AM |
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
Posted by julz33
Something doesn't seem right. She was able to get up so quickly and easily after the train stopped but couldn't lift her body up at all before then.
i noticed that too
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| Posted 11/10/09 1:24 PM |
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Re: Drunk Boston woman on train tracks narrowly cheats death [video]
Wow.
I think she was just stunned and maybe even blacked out momentarily after she fell. who knows... i mean she was pretty freakin drunk.
Maybe she saw the train coming and froze on the tracks.
then when it stopped and she didn't get hit, that was enough to shock her back into being able to attempt to stand up.
 to the driver and those guys waving their arms to stop the train. That stupid stupid woman should be thankful that those people weren't as drunk as she was, and that the driver was paying attention!
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