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Nov 9, 2009 9:02 am US/Eastern

Orange Line Driver Honored In North Station Scare

BOSTON (WBZ) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 2: In this video still from an MBTA camera, several people ran to the edge of the platform, waved their arms and pointed to the pit to get the train operator's attention.
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Click to enlarge 2 of 2: The Orange Line pit area where the woman fell in North Station.
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The Orange Line operator who stopped her train within inches of a woman on the tracks over the weekend will be honored Monday by the MBTA's Board of Directors.

Late Friday night a woman fell onto the tracks at North Station, just moments before a train approached the platform.

Passengers quickly waved down the train operator to stop.

It worked.

Watch: Surveillance Video of Rescue

The train stopped within inches of hitting the woman, who Transit Police say was 'highly intoxicated.'

The front end of the train was actually over her when several people pulled her out.

The train operator has been on the job for four years.

According to witnesses, she received a round of applause as she pulled the train into the station, once the tracks were clear.

She is "shaken up" but o.k. according to Orange Line superintendent Susie Garcia.