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Again, im still shaking but im going to be okay. there have been serious, serious injuries, obviously today. this is a horrific thing. but our doctors. and thats why i have the utmost respect for the medical profession. im a lawyer by profession and the like. but watching our doctors spring into action members of congress was outstanding. >> harris: you are moving again. >> right now the train is still stuck. >> harris: okay. we are looking at -- were looking at moments ago video. and i looked u...

Truck, you wouldnt have known. like i said thank god physicians on board and they were brave and busted open the door. help the injured. and someone was on i could see the cpr going and sadly one of them they lost and the other got into the ambulance fairly soon there was frustration we couldnt get out of the train, physicians couldnt get out. we are not permitted to because they were worried there could be an explosion. boy, they didnt care, thank god, and they got the door open. >> sandra: hey...

Life, it could have been as far as we know the details that we have so much worse. >> katie: when you talk about finding out on air the families. rachel campos duffy is part of our family. >> harris: we didnt know she was on that train. >> she actually talked about how she was going back to wisconsin to get her eight kids. they were going to this retreat this weekend. it was going to be a fun, family event with her husband who, of course, is a congressman. so, i didnt realize she was going to be...

And i understand that you saw or experienced something pretty harrowing. >> yeah. well, you know, i knew we hit something. you couldnt feel it as much like how awful it was inside the train. we are a big train. but immediately i ran up the hall because my son had been walking, our oldest son was walking our youngest. and i was worried that he might have you know, stumbled with the jerk. so as soon as i ran up, they were fine. but looked out the window and it was a terrible sight. pretty traumati...

Covered our train incidents. lunch hour on the east coast. there is lots of activity. it is unbelievable. many of them do involve things on the tracks. so what you are talking about is kind of an elevated sense of awareness either through our equipment or some kind of indication that you have got something coming up. because at 70 miles per hour, you just dont have a lot of stop time. >> yeah. you probably have to start stopping a half a mile in advance of that if the truck were stalled there an...

That. >> harris: wow. >> katie: congressman, what was the response from the amtrak personnel on board? we are hearing a lot about the way that you reacted and your colleagues. what was the amtrak personnels reaction to the scene? >> i really dont know because after the impact, and it was a tremendous impact, the train was going very fast at the time. and it was so -- it was so strong and so sudden. when i was thrown, fortunately, as i said, pete sessions and another nice lady came to check on me...

Need to does passengers on that train? what are you they telling you to do with your family? there were medical firearm medical people coming down the hall. double-checking no passengers. no other passengers injured in our car. there was no one injured. what im hearing is were, you know, they are trying to -- are they going to cancel the retreat? is there some other form of transportation will. >> i will tell you one thing that is concerning. my understanding with capitol police there shouldnt h...

Strokes or they prevent having strokes with irregular heart beat and a variety of other reasons. but they also if you have a bump to your head can be a significant injury. you can have a significant hemorrhage, even a life threatening hemorrhage from something that looks like a minor tap on the head it is important to know what medications people are on when judging whether a minor bump is just a minor bump or whether it could be something more -- >> sandra: senator, im going to jump in here bec...

This -- they had crayons and coloring books for the kids. kids were having fun. my kids thought -- they were so excited to get on the train. they thought it was like harry potter. they dont get on a train like this often. to be honest everybody is fine. kids are fine. the tragedy is outside. >> katie: rachel is, a train a common way for members to get to these kind of retreats? or different form of travel? done it by bus. several times i have done it by train. capital and get us on secure bus an...

25 emergency vehicles here. we have had several members who did need medical attention. and we are moving forward. we just checked each other. we immediately checked each other. we knew what happened immediately. we knew there was a problem the train probably went 100 yards and came to a stop. >> sandra: just to update anybody who may be listening now. we are talking to congressman pete sessions. he is on the train that collided with what you are describing as 18-wheeler. its been described as d...