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This is shaping up to be within of amtraks worst derailments. >> the railroad actually has a pretty good safety record in the northeast corridor generally has a pretty good safety record. they have occasional accidents, a track worker is struck. for both commuters that operate on the same track and amtrak trains, these accidents are infrequent. there is a reason, theyre pretty well engineered. pretty well maintained. something has gone wrong here either with the train or track or both. both amtr...

The girl next to me bowed my head. and i was just kind of praying like please make it stop. please make it stop. because it felt look we were gliding along for a little while there. and i dent know. if it only felt that way. and maybe it was only a few seconds. but i was just praying the train didnt tip any more. i was afraid we were going to fall all the way on our side. but we didnt. finally it stopped at a tilt. and everyone was screaming. so i stood up. i realized i wasnt hurt. thank god. im...

That -- that this train as it was approaching this curve, we are told that is when things went terribly wrong here. as far as how fast this train was going -- and what the speed limit was -- at that very section. that remains to be seen. of course, investigators will have that information. theyll know exactly how fast this train is going. when they, when they retrieved those, event recorders. its very similar to what you see on aircraft, like the black boxes. that record, what was going on with ...

I was kind of like, wedged into the window. underneath the tray and the people turned. and i mean, and the bags, shoes, everything just thrown. complete chaos. you know, when we got out, we saw the train. and the train looked lake a pretzel. it was turned, twisted. and you know it was just wires were ripped out. there were electrical live wires. it was just chaos. >> must have been about six rows from the back of the train. just sitting. everything was normal. and then major impact. i just, i gu...

The time. this is really, really an imfornt area coming to and from. and coming from washington to new york. it happened here in philadelphia. that this train for some reason, ended up derailing, the seven particular cars, move out of the shot. a bit quieter on our end. there are more trains, train cars derailed up further. but you can still see, see at la least three, four people standing there. a fire fighter and two or three other whose are standing on the tracks there. discussing something. ...

At least five individuals deceased. this is a preliminary estimate. the trains seven cars including the engine are in various stages of disarray. turned over. upside down. on their side. we are still investigating what is going on. a tee total of 200 police perso responded to the incident as well. most individuals were able to walk off of the train. many were transported. you will get that from the fire department. ntsb, national agency is activated and investigating. amtrak personnel. see the g...

There are multiple investigations going on. members of the crime up it. members of the police are here. and i overheard them as they were getting ready to go into the scene. and they said, what they were planning on doing. they were videotaping the scene. taking stills. at some pin the theyre going to be lifting the cars. videotaping. and taking any pictures of any evidence preparing their soldiers out here. they could eventually see more body. so thats what is happening on the site here. >> tha...

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We do also know there are at least five people dead and there are six people in critical condition. about 50 were told are injured. things like, bruises, broken bones, certainly when you lack at some of the pictures from inside the train. people were sending out on social media, ser tlcertainly, bloodstains on some of the furniture inside of the train. you should mention unlook beiik on a plane or in a car for example, where you have your seatbelt on. there usually arent seatbelts people are usi...

Chairs were flying around. people were flying around. bags. pretty chaotic. >> listening there to some terrifying details. >> on the right side of the train in the aisle seat. reading my book. everything seemed normal. suddenly it felt like we were going a little too fast around a curve. what it felt like. and then there was a jolt. and immediately, you could tell that the train derailed. at least i could. and there was a wave of panic initially. i was thrown into the girl next to me sitting in ...