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MBTA driver hailed for heroic halt

By Renee Nadeau Algarin
Saturday, March 13, 2010 - Updated 5 months ago
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Four months after slamming the brakes on an Orange Line train to save a drunken woman sprawled on the tracks, MBTA operator Charice Lewis still can’t forget the terrifying scene.

“I still remember it like it was yesterday,” she said yesterday. “It’s still scary.”

 
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QUICK THINKING: MBTA driver Charice Lewis was honored yesterday for stopping her train before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the track, pictured.

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