Senator Almost Gets Hit By Speeding Train During Train Safety Talk (VIDEO)

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, then-Connecticut Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal is interviewed in New Haven, Conn. The Republican resurgence that swept so much of the country blew with less g... FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, then-Connecticut Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal is interviewed in New Haven, Conn. The Republican resurgence that swept so much of the country blew with less gusto in most of the Northeast. Democrats largely held firm, particularly in New England, against the anti-incumbent, GOP tide that was so strong in places like the Rust Belt and South. Republicans did make serious gains in sprawling New York and Pennsylvania, a traditional swing state. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) MORE LESS
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) found himself a little too close to a speeding train during a press conference on rail safety.

Blumenthal was delivering a speech on rail safety in Milford, Connecticut on Friday when an Amtrak train sped by, almost brushing the senator and blowing over the senator’s chart.

Watch the video below:

(H/t: New York Daily News)

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