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Midnight shift called early, recall from or s.w.a.t. unit our homeland security unit and the like. so the city was still covered for normal patrol. we brought in extra people and we extended shifts. we used a large number of tourniquets while assisting the fire department and triaging some of the injured, and so forth. more exact information for you tomorrow in terms of how many of those devices were used. as the mayor said everybodys responding and the investigation continues. >> amtrak? >> amt...

Again, thats 1-800-523-9101. please, call that number if youre concerned that you might have a relative or family member on this train. we can work with you to verify that. additionally, the northeast corridor is currently shut down well be focused on bringing it back to service as soon as we can once the scene is clear for amtrak to begin work. >> hold on for a second. two last pieces of information. the fire department is in command on this particular scene. all information, again, is very pre...

And the rest we believe are passengers. thats a preliminary estimate. we will not be able to -- >> were you able to talk to any of the passengers while you were up there? >> no. i saw some individuals as i was standing in the street but i did not talk -- they needed medical personnel. thats all weve got. thats all weve got. >> thank you. >> philadelphia mayor michael nutter giving the first official briefing on what has happened with the derailment of an amtrack train in northeast philadelphia. ...

Heading on to its next biggest station, would have been new york penn station. do we have our reporter on the scene at new york penn station? weve got our producer, rachel maddow show producer at new york penn station talking to people expecting this train and reacting to the derailment of the train cars and these injuries. nick, what have you been able to find out tonight at new york penn? >> hey, rachel the train station here is mainly filled with people that are right now delayed. amtrak anno...

This point, ive seen bruises, lacerations, cuts. one of the passengers i spoke with didnt want to describe what he saw in words, the train that derailed. multiple injuries at least 50 what weve been hearing. this is what ive heard thus far. the former bucks county congressman is actually there right now and lets go back live right now. what were waiting for is philadelphia mayor michael nutter to remain on scene. theres also the police commissioner charles ramsey, hes right there in the middle w...

That have derailed and are just cattywampus, they are far off the rails, a number of these cars have turned and tipped. we have seen actually in that shot, you can see from the chopper some ladders that are put up against the side of the train. those apparently have been put up by first responders to assist any passengers that may have kicked out windows as a way of trying to exit these train cars. the windows is one side people were on the scene there quickly. the other sign you can get from th...

Who are stranded out there on those trains and they are just going through all that debris next to the trains right now, perhaps looking for evidence and really trying to put together exactly what happened out here but for the most part i have not seen any other victims from the air here in skyforce10. >> matt we know that the ntsb the national transportation safety board is gathering information on this crash. we also know that the federal railroad administration is dispatching a team of invest...

The really mangled train car right there in that area of your screen. and we saw some of those workers, again, we had the helicopters from the police up here trying to shine some light out here. we also see some of the fire department workers, they have their trucks out here shining some light beams on to this area, as well. now you can see it illuminates every now and then. you see the bulk of the investigative effort we can just zoom in right up here to this area and we can get a better look a...

Various stages of disarray turned over upsidedown on their side. we are still investigating whats going on. a total of 200 police personnel responded to this incident as well. most individuals were able to walk off of the train. many were transported. youll get that from the fire department. ntsb, the national agency is activated and investigating. amtrak personnel, as you can see the gentleman standing next to me on the scene, as well. full response fire police department of homeland security s...

All these investigators are out here, it could take months perhaps a year or two before we get reports on the ntsb as to exactly what caused this and exactly what was at play here but you just see that when these trains derail how much debris is around this area and how much disruption was caused as a result. and you can almost see, were kind of coming around to the other side here so you can get a better look at that power pole there that gives these trains the power here and it really is just ...