If you are drunk, it is certainly a wiser choice to take the train than attempt to drive.  But if you are drunk, that train station can still be a very dangerous place.  Case in point, the Puerta del Angel station in Madrid, Spain.  A 41-year-old man tumbled onto the tracks in a motionless pile.  Other passengers wave their arms to get attention:

The hero here is the off-duty cop:

The unnamed police officer can then be seen on the CCTV footage lowering himself down to the tracks and pulling him clear as the train grinds to a halt inches away from him.

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