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A closer look at the video shows the man flying out of the crashing truck into the grass. rescue workers find him still alive. >> im up in the helicopter. i have no idea that theres a passenger and he was blown out of the truck right away, as soon as it hit the guardrail. so it took awhile for us to sort of piece those things together. >> the destroyed semi stops burning briefly but the leaking fuel reignites the truck until firefighters bring it under control. no lives are lost. an unbelievable...

In front of the building when suddenly, it explodes. the powerful blast blows out several storefronts and causes the ceiling to collapse on to firefighters still inside. other rescue workers rush to aid those caught in the fireball. >> i know i had injured firefighters down on the ground that were clearly hurt, laying in front of me. >> battalion chief kenneth mcswain isnt sure how bad the injuries are, or if any in his company are missing. >> after the explosion, we were definitely unsure wheth...

Strewn along the tracks in the bronx. >> i got thrown across back and forth and it came to like a halt and there was just seem -- people screaming. >> reporter: early sunday a throng of rescue workers scoured the grisly scene, one railcar nearly plunging into the water. >> i can see some people like flying from my left eye to the right side, people from the back. its just crazy. >> reporter: at 7:20 a.m. the commuter train carrying 150 passengers on its way to grand central station from poughkee...

Alexandra field. >> reporter: overnight the names of all four passengers killed sunday were released. mta police identifies 54-year-old donna smith. >> she was a wonderful person. she was a kind, neighborly, friendly person. >> reporter: 35 ahn kisook and james if a regardry and this man, james lovell. >> i remember him as having dignity and determination and being a wonderful father. >> reporter: three of them ejected from the train, its cars strewn along the tracks in the bronx. >> i got throw...

Strewn along the tracks in the bronx. >> i got thrown across back and forth and it came to like a halt and there was just seem screaming. >> reporter: early sunday a throng of rescue workers scoured the grizzly scene, one railcar nearly plunging into the water. >> i can see some people like flying from my left eye to the right side, people from the back. its just crazy. >> reporter: at 7:20 a.m. the commuter train carrying 150 passengers on its way to grand central station approached an extremel...

Now three additional bodies were driven out in a solemn procession of white, unmarked ambulances as rescue workers stood in an honor guard form pages, also this morning -- formation, shortly after the chopper was removed. of the death to is nine including helicopter crew, including a gulf war veteran, two police officers who received commendations for their work and five patrons so far officially named. agony of people just getting word of the fate of their loved ones. jenna a to politician from...

Waiting to be helped out. we could see that at least two of the carriages were completely on their side, on their side and appears to be at least a situation where the carriages are no longer aligned as they were at the train. that they are bunched up and even lying at angles to each other. and from what we could see, the rescue workers were working right in and around the -- right in and around the train. what you are seeing from the helicopter pictures is better from the vantage point where i ...

There are factors that can be looked at. the ntsb is going to come up and do an investigation. speed is one of the things theyll look at. track condition, et cetera. we shouldnt speculate on what they might find. >> just moments ago there, new york governor andrew cuomo. welcome back, everyone. we have more big news on the breaking news today, that metro north commuter train headed to new yorks grand central station. it derailed just before 7:30 eastern this morning. four people are dead. at lea...

Derailed, killing at least four people and injured 63 more. this happened in the bronx area just north of manhattan. these cars overturned precariously close to the hudson river. look at the video thats been shot at the scene. look at that. seven cars jumping the tracks, two of them turned completely on their side. firefighters, rescue workers, ambulances all on the scene, as well as the ntsb. and a passenger who was on board describes the seconds before impact and what happened next. >> just co...

Of getting into the water. we know that at least five passenger cars went off the tracks. this all happened right around 7:00 a.m. eastern. youre looking at live pictures from wabc. with he have a crew on the ground. nic robertson joins me live by phone now. from your vantage point and from what you have heard from investigators, whats the latest? >> reporter: we can see the rescue workers as you can see from the helicopter pictures they still have ladders up against the side of the train and it...