# Heroic rescue in the Madrid Metro

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroic-rescue-in-the-madrid-metro/562971>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 4, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroic-rescue-in-the-madrid-metro/562971 "2010-12-04T23:05:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroic-rescue-in-the-madrid-metro/562971/1 "2010-12-04T23:05:40Z")

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This happened the other day in Madrid. A 41-year old guy stumbles and falls on the track of the Madrid Metro, in the station of Puerta del Angel, shortly before a train is due to enter. The passengers that are on the opposite platform see it happen, and start shouting and waving frantically to try and alert the driver of the train, so that he can stop.

A 30-year old off-duty rookie police officer (fresh from the academy; had taken his oath of office just 2 months earlier) who was out shopping with this girlfriend went down on the tracks and pulled the 41-year old to safety literally seconds before the train arrives. You can actually see some of the people on the other platform turn away, not wanting to see what they feared might happen.

It was all caught by a CCTV camera. You can see the whole thing unfold here:

> **[Man pulled from path of incoming train](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-11917279)**
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> Spanish police have released CCTV footage showing an off-duty policeman rescuing a man who fell onto the tracks at a metro station in Madrid.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroic-rescue-in-the-madrid-metro/562971/2 "2010-12-04T23:12:17Z")

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Holy hell!!!:eek::eek::eek:

How can he even walk with balls that size?

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroic-rescue-in-the-madrid-metro/562971/3 "2010-12-04T23:52:07Z")

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Bloody hell! Kudos to the rescuer.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroic-rescue-in-the-madrid-metro/562971/4 "2010-12-05T00:02:14Z")

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These are the moments you should remember when everyone is screaming “Jackbooted thugs”