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Survived by his wife and two children. rachel jacobs, the chief executive of a small tech company, leaves behind a husband and a 2-year-old son. and a senior vice president of wells fargos hospitality finance group. and derek griffith was the dean of student affairs in new york, he is survived by his son. some families are still waiting for word on relatives. among the missing. robert gildersleeve, a sales executive who lives outside of baltimore with his wife and two teenage children. philadelp...

Back up to normal. >> abcs karen travers live in philadelphia. thank you, karen. were also learning more about the five victims identified so far jim gaines a married father of two, worked for the associated press. dr. derek griffith was a dean at medgar evers college in brooklyn. justin zes mer was heading home to queens after his second year at the naval academy. rachel leaving behind a husband and 2-year-old and wells far goes executive abid gilani. >> we have suffered a tremendous loss tod...

Among them derek griffith, the dean of students at medgar evers college. he was described inside a school press release as a quote pillar of the community. the other victims is a u.s. naval midshipman, the ceo of a small tech company. >> justin. he was supposed to be home by 10:30. >> they said there was a derailment and i kept calling hospitals and nothing. >> reporter: the mother got the awful news her son had died. >> he was wonderful. he was absolutely wonderful. everybody lockoked up to my ...

Showing its support for those injured in the derailment. eagles players delivered coffee and donuts to the hospital. we are learning about those who lost their lives like derek griffith. he received a doctorate just a month ago. >> justin denser was a second year midshipman at the naval academy. he was supposed to be home by 10:30. >> they said there was a derailment. >> his mother got the awful news her son had died. jim gaines worked for the associated press. he was killed on his way home afte...

In washington for a funeral. >> dr. derek griffith, the dean of stuf dent affairs for city university of new york. medgar evers college. earned his doctorate in >> rachel jacobs, ceo, small tech company. survived by her husband and 2-year-old son. 20-year-old justin zemser, u.s. naval academy, maryland. wearing his uniform on the train headed home to queens in new york. >> for more information on how you can help families of the victims, just go to our website, cnn.com/impact. take a short bre...

this section of track may have been able to prestrent crash. the mayor says there is no reason to warrant speeding. >> it was reckless in terms of the driving by the engineer. theres no way in the world that he should have been going that fast into the curve. i mean, you almost have to be an idiot to -- even if youre trying to make up time, to be doing 106 on a curve as opposed to maybe on a straight away. that is not acceptable under any set of circumstances. >> he used the term idiot...

hour. three seconds later when the data to the recorders terminated the train speed was 102 miles per hour. our mission is to find out not only what happened, but why it happened so that we can prevent it from happening again. thats really what were here for. >> we begin this morning with the latest on the deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia which is now being blamed for seven deaths. the search for answers is already yielding startling discoveries thanks to the trains black box. ...

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new england and one driver has a little trouble on turn one. "first look" starts right now. >> good morning. thanks so much for joining us today. twice the speed limit. a train was traveling 106 miles per hour in a 50 zone. seven people confirmed dead, hundreds injured and some still unaccounted. who was behind the controls of the train? we are learning more about the engineer brandon bostian. his attorney told night line he has absolutely no recollection of the accident or anything un...

two dozen of those injured in the crash have been hospitalized. were also expecting to hear from the president of medgar evers college. one of their deans was killed in the crash. we will be watching for both of those news conferences. in the meantime, the big news overnight, the man at the controls of train 188 has been identified as 32-year-old brandon bostian, an amtrak engineer for five years. bostian was injured in the accident but was released from the hospital and his attorney s...