Senator Nearly Hit by Rogue Amtrak During Train Safety Press Conference

[Keegs]

[URL]http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/video?id=9509166[/URL]
[quote]The train [I]nearly[/I] hit a senator during a railroad safety press conference.[/quote]
[IMG]http://static01.mediaite.com/med/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/RB.gif[/IMG]

Too bad the engineer wasn't sitting at the front to kick them in the head :v:

[seano12]

Should have kicked him in the face for being on the yellow line.

[Paul McCartney]

Yellow lines there for a reason.

[smurfy]

[QUOTE=Keegs;44590051][IMG]http://static01.mediaite.com/med/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/RB.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Lightning quick reaction from the news station

[Iconoclast]

This kind of thing is what you call self-demonstration

[alexojm]

[QUOTE=smurfy;44590130]Lightning quick reaction from the news station[/QUOTE]

From the looks of it the guy who writes those could probably tell from where the guy that nearly got hit was standing that this sort of thing was going to happen and had it on standby.

[TurtleeyFP]

Or the news is using a pre-recorded video and overlaid the text on it. Why would a safety conference for Amtrak be broadcast live on the news?

[Tiesno]

i like how casual that senator is

just moves the sign over without giving a shit

[garychencool]

It's called editing guys. No live overlay so it's most likely not live.

[Stormbuster]

You can tell that he was aware that the train was coming from behind him and grabbed the sign to prevent the train from knocking it down with a burst of air, since the sign would probably get destroyed if it tipped into the tracks. He wasn't [i]that[/i] close to being hit, though the perspective makes him look closer than he actually is based on the position of the tripod and his foot placement.

[Tuskin]

[QUOTE=The Duke;44590438]You can tell that he was aware that the train was coming from behind him and grabbed the sign to prevent the train from knocking it down with a burst of air, since the sign would probably get destroyed if it tipped into the tracks. He wasn't [i]that[/i] close to being hit, though the perspective makes him look closer than he actually is based on the position of the tripod and his foot placement.[/QUOTE]

Look at the left side of the GIF, someone near the Camera pointed at the train.

[Sharkle_Bunwich]

You'd think they'd realize that you're supposed to stand behind the yellow line.

[CommandoSanta]

He will grow up to become the senator from metal gear revengance.

[FLIPPY]

[QUOTE=smurfy;44590130]Lightning quick reaction from the news station[/QUOTE]
My lightning quick reaction would be kicking him in-front of the train.

[cecilbdemodded]

[QUOTE=The Duke;44590438]You can tell that he was aware that the train was coming from behind him and grabbed the sign to prevent the train from knocking it down with a burst of air, since the sign would probably get destroyed if it tipped into the tracks. He wasn't [i]that[/i] close to being hit, though the perspective makes him look closer than he actually is based on the position of the tripod and his foot placement.[/QUOTE]

It looks to me like if he hadn't moved he might have had the train brush his shoulder. His shoulders extend past the width of his feet.