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With those warning signals on? the story has been unfolding, four wounded war veterans were killed when a freight train slammed into their parade float carrying them and their spouses in midland, texas. some of those who survived rushed to help those who were hurt. a doctor who has been on the battlefield and at the scene of this accident says wartime instincts kicked in. >> it is amazing the human spirit in moments of a like this. the same human spirit we see in combat where when situations get...

Its nice to have the experience and commitment to go along with you. keep dreaming. keep doing. go long. live from americas news headquarters, im marianne rafferty. were learning more about what happened in the moments before that deadly crash in west texas involving a freight train and a parade float. federal safety investigators are revealing that the warning signals at the rail crossing were activated a full seven seconds before the crash. the train activated its emergency brakes before sla...

Will investigate the administrations response to the benghazi terror attacks. critics have questioned the information given to the public. >> heather: new details in a tragic train crash that killed four u.s. veterans. investigators say that warning bells and lights were going off when their parade float crossed on to tracks. >> gregg: update on the oil platform explosion. four men real estate in any way the hospital and rig owner vows to search for another man still missing. >> heather: preside...

Intelligence agencies before it was given to lawmakers. >> harris: thank you hole molly. well learn more about the libya probe and general petraeus resignation from senator saxby chambliss vice chair of the senate intelligence committee and senator lieberman. both men appearing exclusive on fox news sunday tomorrow check your local listings for times. right now we are checking for the latest on the the survivors on that story in midland, texas where some of our war veterans were hurt while tra...

Leave the area and prevent us from bringing you live pictures. but these are fresh ones coming in to fox news. the fire captain says hes not sure what started this fire which began about three hours ago. he says it took firefighters some time to even get close to it because of how close those chemical storage tanks are to one another and the intense heat. more details on this as we get them. we are now hearing from witnesses who were describing what happened when a train slamd into a parade fl...

Like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help cover some of the expenses medicare doesnt pay. and save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. to find out more, request your free decision guide. call or go online today. after all, when youre going the distance, its nice to have the experience and commitment to go along with you. keep dreaming. keep doing. go long. >> harris: as a train headed straight toward a parade float carrying military veterans, one witness says a lot of th...

Them personally. i met their wives. it was truly an honor to be in their presence these guys are true american heroes. >> reporter: one is still critical this morning a spokesperson with union pacific railroad says the crossing gate and the lights were functional at this crossing. but some eyewitnesses, martha, say the gate was not operational. martha: was the gate down, casey, at the time? >> reporter: thats what is really unclear right now. you know how sometimes the gates go down, weve all be...

Accident. casey stiegel is live in midland. so, casey, whats the latest on this. >> reporter: martha, it is a very active scene right behind me this morning and i will hop out of the scene to let you see investigators at work. investigators with the ntsb, national transportation safety board back there. more are on the way. of course everyone this morning trying to figure out how the heck this happened. the parade float was carrying 26 people total. 12 veterans, 12 of their spouses and two civil...

Gates ever came down. in any event, what happened was that the train actually collided head on with this, what was serving as a parade float which was a flat bed 18 wheeler. you can see the chairs that are kind of up on that flat bed and the military veterans and their girlfriends and their wives were sitting on these chairs kind of going by like a parade float would do and for some reason, it got stuck on the tracks and then a lot of the military veterans, witnesses say, tried to get off as qui...

>>trace: and a horrific train wreck involving military veterans yesterday evening in midland, some 300 miles west of dallas-ft. worth. investigators say a freight train slammed into this flatbed carrying the vets and their families to a banquet. four servicemen died and more than a dozen other people got hurt. one of victims, army sergeant michael, his mother-in-law says the purple heart winner pushed his wife out of the way possibly saving her life. other witnesses say they saw folks panic and ...