We love kittens, we really do, but wouldn't you call for help rather than go on to live tracks yourself to save one?

A video has emerged showing a man risking his life to save a kitten from on coming trains in New York’s famous 24-hour tube system. The footage shows the unnamed man rescuing the kitten and then struggling to get back onto the platform. Meanwhile trains are heard in the distance, signalling that the railway was live.

The man, wearing all black, gently hands the kitten to another man, before climbing back onto the platform and walking away. In the rescue the kitten can be heard meowing with distress, whilst the man, trying to plicate the kitten says, "woah woah woah".

Last year subway trains struck 146 people in New York, with 47 deaths occurring from the impact. That statistic includes those who were accidentally hit and those who purposely climbed on to the tracks to recover dropped personal belongings.