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ARLINGTON, Va. - Being a hero almost came at a cost for one good Samaritan in late August.
Surveillance video at the Virginia Square-GMU station in Arlington shows an ill man falling onto the Metro tracks.
Retired Marine Dimas Pinzon, the man on the other side of the track in the blue shirt, jumped down to the track to help.
He stepped on a cover board that barely kept him off the electrified rails. He may have saved the victim's life, but Metro warns that no one should ever jump down onto the tracks because of electrified rail.
Metro says that if someone falls, people should tell the station manager, who will stop trains and shut off the power.
VIDEO: Man Jumps Onto Metro Track To Save Another Person
Once a Marine always a Marine, eh?
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