A California, US, transport worker is being hailed as a hero after he rescued a man who fell on to the tracks as a train was arriving at a station.
A California rapid transit employee is being hailed as a hero for rescuing a man who fell onto the tracks as a train was approaching. “It really feels awkward to be called a hero because it’s what we’re supposed to do,” said the worker, John O’Connor. https://t.co/mW3hhyc5d6 pic.twitter.com/m9vIYxU0gb
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KPIX 5 reports that John O’Connor, a BART transportation supervisor, was helping control crowds at the Colisuem station after Sunday’s Oakland Raiders football game.
“I was standing on the yellow strip, telling people to stay back, looking (north) towards Lake Merritt, when, in my peripheral vision, I saw him fall, almost like he missed a step going up a stairway, and he ended up in the trackway,” O’Connor said.
According to CNN, O’Connor told reporters “it feels really awkward to be called a hero”.
He said he was just doing his job and that he hoped anyone else would’ve done the same thing….
