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We are receiving information through twitter and we dont have a lot just yet. we have seen a release from amtrak itself, but it says only this right now. we are aware of the derailment of northeast regional train 188 north of philadelphia and will provide updates as they become available. that is it on twitter from amtrak so far. but as you can imagine, people are tweeting what they think and what they wish so far. weve only got a few. but here is an idea of what were seeing so far. were seeing ...

Anyone who is trying to take the train tomorrow can expect a hefty delay. >> jay, can we -- has someone checked the schedule on 188? was it going to proceed on to boston from new york? most of these regionals that run from washington to new york do run the whole route, the whole corridor all the way up to boston. do we know if that was where the 188 was ultimately going? >> you know lawrence i dont know. i think youre right, though. a lot of these regional -- and head to boston. so i wouldnt be ...

To the side and there were some pretty banged up people, you know lots of blood and lots of -- one guy next to me was passed out. we had to get it back to attention and we kicked out the top window and got people off the cafe car. >> so patrick, did you help carry people off and lead people off the train? >> yeah. we got everybody off. there was a couple people injured where they couldnt move, so i stayed with them until the police department and paramedics were here. they had to climb through a...

The train and on to the track how much of the train track was there? was it just a single train track? were there two train tracks there or multiple train tracks at that spot? >> id have to -- i dont remember. it definitely looked like there was more than one train track, but im not sure. i remember someone -- it must have been someone that worked for amtrak saying dont stay near the tracks dont stay near the tracks in case another train could be coming. so it seemed like that was a thought that...

Site. obviously, not everyone has been evacuated off the immediate site. right off the railroad tracks here. about 150 meters away from me is where the civilians have been taken.. but here throughout the railroad tracks, theres still stretches being moved by fire personnel to -- it looks like evacuate other folks. >> patrick, the extraordinary description you gave us of what it was like to be in that cafe car while it was rolling over flying off the tracks and given that there are no seat belts ...

In delaware in the delaware stop the person next to him -- find something tt to repeat what you just said you saw senator carper of delaware on that train that was involved in this crash? >> yeah prior to the crash. he had just gotten off. >> oh he had just gotten off? >> he had just gotten off. hes okay, yeah. >> in wilmington probably? >> yeah he got off in wilmington, yes, sir. and when we crashed here in northeast philadelphia but there was police that -- the motorbikes that came out and cam...

If this was my wife and i didnt hear, id be frustrated which is why, frankly, once i realized our situation was relatively settled and i could hear the first responders come in i tweeted so my wife and brother would know im on the train, im okay. will call later. >> yeah, patrick, dont misunderstand my frustration with the corporate amtrak offices that have remained silent about this. the people who work on those trains are fantastic. i know a bunch of them and i see them from time to time on th...

Trying to maintain calm get the people that were frooeking out, get them out of the train, push them through the emergency window. the other people we stabilized and let them know it was going to be okay that things were under control. >> patrick, in the cafe car that you were in when everybody settled, was that car over on its side? >> yeah. i was upside down on top of -- i mean the tables came out and everything. so i was helping -- i was getting off the guy that i landed on top of and getting...

Amtrak to figure out with all the ticket information that they have the electronic ticket information and all of that thats on these trains and the firefighters were would, of course, need that number, 211. the rescue workers would need to know the total number of passengers so they could account for everyone who was on that train. patrick, what is your sense of how many reinforcements on are on the way. have you seen this group of firefighters and police expanding? >> theyre definitely expandin...