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To a massive chest injury. i want to bring in now dr. herbert cushing, the chief medical officer at temple university hospital. thank you so much for your time. i know you have much more important things to do. we will not keep you long. in terms of those folks who are still in your hospital what can you tell us broadly about their condition? >> temple university hospital still has 23 patients in the hospital that were treating. we had 25 this morning, so two were able to be discharged. of the 2...

Talking. >> so they had the least amount of injurys? >> did you take patients to other hospitals? >> we took patients to episcopal. 12 patients showed up there. nine were treatened and released. three were sent there. those three are in the 54 number. >> could you give us some perspective, is there anything in terms of another incident here the trauma level, the amount of people? >> yeah i dont know the specific incidents in the city of philadelphia compares to but it was a large incident. yeah....

onboard described what it felt like before the crash. >> it felt like it was going fast. is that because it really was going fast or because of the consequence of what happened i really cant say. but it did feel fast. and it did feel like it was -- could have been speed that caused the liftoff that i felt. >> teams of investigators are on the scene in philadelphia with the ntsb set to hold its next briefing at the top of the hour at 5:00 p.m. eastern. this photo shows the trains black ...

more than 140 people were sent to area hospitals. at this hour officials say not seven accounted for. >> 243 people were on board when the train went into washington and en route to new york city and amtrak service between new york and philadelphia remains suspended this morning, mica. >> the train was entering a turn around:30 last night when passengers say it shook and came to a sudden stop. nearby residents say it sounded like shopping carts crashing into each other. it is known to ...