You have to see the video of the drunk woman who was almost run over by a train in Boston Monday. But for the actions of the quick-thinking driver, it would have been ugly.

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The whole thing was captured on surveillance video. A stumbling, clearly hammered woman was waiting for the train. She teetered back and forth a bit, and then suddenly fell over the edge!

The fall looked pretty nasty, especially because she didn’t appear to brace herself at all. As she lay in a daze, writhing between the tracks, you can see the approaching headlight of an oncoming train.

A couple of older gentleman waved their arms in a desperate attempt to get the train operator’s attention. The train just barely grinds to a stop a few inches from tragedy.

My first thought was “My God man, jump down and save her!” After all, there was a median just on the other side of the tracks, maybe they could’ve dragged her out of harms way. On second thought, the two men may not have been able bodied enough to jump down that quickly. Also, any fool knows not to touch the third rail; it can pack a mean high voltage shock.

Either way it turned out for the best. Boston Transport officials honored train operator Charice Lewis for her life saving stop, and she even received a phone call from the governor. About the melee, she said:

“It was so close, I thought it was not good. It looked like it was not going to end well.”

Check out the video of the drunk woman who was almost run over by a train below.