Richard Blumenthal, senator of Connecticut, was reportedly almost hit by a speeding train as he is making a speech on, ironically, commuter rail safety. While speaking in a conference at the Milford, Connecticut train station Friday, Richard Blumenthal almost got hit by a speeding train.

Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut was speaking at the Milford, Connecticut train station for a conference when a speeding train passed through. Situated on a narrow platform near the yellow warning strip, he and another man standing closer to the tracks was shell-shocked as the train barrelled and almost hit them. The man behind Senator Richard Blumenthal, and closer to the danger zone, held a visual that got almost smashed by the train.

Ironically, Senator Richard Blumenthal was talking about commuter rail safety when the train passed by. Before the Amtrak train whizzed by near him and made Senator Richard Blumenthal pause in his speech. Ironically, the train almost hit Richard Blumenthal at the exact moment Milford mayor Ben Blake was saying, "Safety, as you know, is paramount..."

KHON2 was able to capture the shocking moment of Senator Richard Blumenthal on video. It showed Richard Blumenthal on a narrow platform at the Milford, Connecticut train station, standing near the yellow warning strip, while he and another man held a visual aid to keep it from blowing away as the train sped by.

Senator Richard Blumenthal has ironically been calling for a safety overhaul at Metro-North when the train went by and almost hit him and cost him his life. Complete with easels and charts, Senator Richard Blumenthal was laying out the MTA's safety violations and defects, which total 139 over the last 10 years, worth $552,000 in fines.

The data given by the Federal Railroad Administration showcases that the Metro-North has five times the number of safety defects than any commuter railroad in the United States. They reportedly had two major train derailments in 2013, one of which killed four passengers in New York, and also caused a system-wide outage that left thousands of passengers stranded in the dead of winter. Several other fatal accidents also happened on the tracks.

A Metro-North press aide has not commented to the Daily News concerning Senator Richard Blumenthal's claims on their defects Friday, but their spokeswoman said earlier in the month that the commuter railroad generally does better in federal inspection that most railroads. With regard to the conference, they confirmed that Senator Richard Blumenthal did not ask for permission nor request protection for that day.

Richard Blumenthal has not returned a request for comment since Saturday night.

To watch Senator Richard Blumenthal's shocking train moment during the conference, see video below.