Video shows a transit worker pulling a man off train tracks in San Francisco moments before a train speeds by

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• Transportation Supervisor John O'Connor was working at the Coliseum station Sunday evening "to help with crowd control after the Raiders game," according to a press release.
• Security cameras captured an intoxicated man make a misstep and fall into the tracks as the train is approaching, and O'Connor pulled the man off the tracks moments before the train sped by.
• O'Connor told the news outlet he feels uncomfortable being referenced as a hero, saying that "we've got heroes on a daily basis."
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Surveillance video posted Monday showed a transit worker saving a man who fell onto the train tracks right before the train barreled into a station in San Francisco.

Transportation Supervisor John O'Connor, who has been a BART employee for 24 years, was working at the Coliseum station Sunday evening "to help with crowd control after the Raiders game," according to a press release. Security cameras captured an intoxicated man make a misstep and fall into the tracks as the train train approaches. O'Connor pulled the man off the tracks moments before the train sped by.

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