Remembering Donna Smith News Today

It sort of takes your breath away. >> reporter: the train left poughkeepsie for new yorks grand central terminal at 5:54 a.m. sunday, making several stops without incident. at 7:20 as the train sped around the curve, all seven train cars derailed. the ntsb announcing the trains emergency brakes were fully activated just five seconds before it careened off the tracks, nearly into the harlem river. >> i thought im going to die. >> reporter: passengers tossed around like rag dolls. >> by the time i...

Seconds before the train came to a stop. its too early to tell if the trains engineer, william rockefeller jr., is at fault. but sources tell abc news, the evidence is pointing toward human error as the cause of this accident that injured more than 60 people. >> felt the car tip down towards the right. i could actually see the ground coming toward my head. >> reporter: and killed four others. last night, a small vigil held at the scene. >> the lord is your guardian. >> reporter: remembering donn...

Trains engineer, william rockefeller jr., is at fault. but sources tell abc news, the evidence is pointing toward human error as the cause of this accident that injured more than 60 people. >> felt the car tip down towards the right. i could actually see the ground coming toward my head. >> reporter: and killed four others. last night, a small vigil held at the scene. >> the lord is your guardian. >> reporter: remembering donna smith, jim lovell, on his way to work lighting the rockefeller cente...