A California transit employee is hailed as a hero for rescuing a man who fell onto the tracks as a train was approaching the platform.
Sunday's incident happened after the NFL game between the Detroit Lions and Oakland Raiders.Â
Authorities say an unidentified drunk man accidentally fell onto the tracks inside an Oakland BART station.
Rapid transit employee John O'Connor grabbed the man and pulled him back onto the platform just in the nick of time.Â
O'Connor, is a former train operator and has worked for BART for 24 years.
A passenger who witnessed the episode, posted a video on Twitter of the two men hugging afterward.Â
