Man saved from suicide by Metro train operator

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A man tried to commit suicide on the Metro system Monday night but was saved when the Red Line train operator stopped the train before hitting him, according to Metro.

It was the third time within a week that the system had to respond to people in the tracks or trying to kill themselves on the system  — and lived to tell about it. 

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