Split Second Rescue

WBZ's Jordan Rich says in Russia, a man pulled an unconscious victim of the train tracks seconds before a locomotive would strike.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the upside with Jordan, A dose of good
news because it's a big world out there. The perils
of Paul Lean when the heroin is tied to the
railroad tracks and the hero has to rescue her seconds
before the train hits well. That scenario was played out
in Russia, where a good Samaritan was able to pull
a man who was unconscious free from a speeding locomotive
seconds before it would strike. The video was obtained through

(00:22):
security camera footage showing a man rather tall stumbling toward
the tracks as an oncoming train heads in his direction.
Might have been suicidal or on drugs, but he collapses
face first onto the first track. Two others see what's happening,
and one of them leaps into action and uses a
great deal of strength to pull this man's prone body
away just as the train passes by. So far, the

(00:45):
hero has remained anonymous, has not come forward, but thanks
to an onlooker, a life was saved. If you saw
this in a movie, you'd think it's cgi, but it
was real. And that's the upside with Jordan. WZ Boston's
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