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On the train who knew what to do after this happened? >> yeah. lawrence, there was people who were -- some executives in the cafe cart who didnt care about the trains at that window. so so you happen there were others that were really pushing in to make sure others were okay. so i would say that the -- and i dont judge anyone for wanting to get out of the train. but, you know if you dont want to ever leave anyone behind -- to breathe or something. so were just lucky that the 11 people that remai...

>> there may be some family and friends gathered in penn station right now who did not have nuts about this waiting for passengers to arrive at any minute now. amtrak will have to be informing those people at penn station, im sure theres been some method used for that by now. janelle richards, we have images up on the screen of some of whats going on down there and this clearly, theres one shot here of a derailed car thats lying on its side. have you -- were you able to see when you were standin...

As far as you can tell the train was on a straightaway. how pregnanted is that track from the neighborhood? how close to the track is housing in that area? >> yeah. theres not really housing in the area. its more, like, factories, old buildings, kind of a bend for buildings, windows boarded up etcetera and some overgrowth of the trees, weeds, etcetera. so thats why you saw some of the first people on the team were putting police officers on motorbikes that you would take out in the backwoods. bu...

Train and at some point, you know, in mid journey to wherever they were going, whether it be in new jersey or new york and jan. as of 15 minutes ago she had absolutely no information from anyone amtrak or anyone on the scene how these intransit passengers who are ready to move on, how theyre going to be dealt with. they are b, as of 15 minutes ago, standing near you know train tracks in pennsylvania with no information. >> yeah. i think with the first priority with first responders who are wound...

People were crying and i just jumped up and pulled myself up to the other bench so i could stand up and get an assessment. and i saw that we were on our side. and then i just -- i noticed -- i didnt want to go by the ground, so i wanted to go above the train. and i pushed that out and then just make sure i could look -- get myself up take a look out. i saw that we were you know on top of the train, that it looked okay to probably evacuate. and there was people who were flipping out to evacuate a...

Train. right now. >> patrick, i want to go back to that moment where this crash occurred where you were in the dining core sitting at one of those tables. of course, no seat belts anywhere on an amtrak train and the dining car being an even looser place to sit, as it were. the train, that train, that regional train, at 60, 70 miles per hour, does a certain amount of rocking. its not just a smooth roll. and theres some rocking back and forth. you get used to it pup internalize it as the train is ...

Multiple injuries. thats as much detail as we have at this point about what actually happened there. weve been provided with much more detail much more of a feel for what it was like to be inside that car by former congressman patrick murphy. youre still with us here by foam phone? >> yeah. im still here. >> i just wanted to ask you, because of your military training, as i listen to you, as a combat veteran in iraq and with your training it makes me realize that people in your car that you were ...

Speed. the train got wobbly and, you know, i knew right away something bad had happened. i just grabbed on to the table as hard as i could. like the force of the -- the force of the train you know i just went flying across the other side of the train where we were upside down and the person that was there, thought id help him and help the guy next to me was unconscious. so i was helping to try to get him up. he came to. took him up out of the emergency exit. standing halfway on the other seat so...

Be -- if theres 200 plus passengers on that train, there may well be 100 people standing there. can you estimate how many people you see standing there where the passengers are standing who seem okay? >> 1100 seems about right. the problem now is that people in the neighborhood are also standing out here. so its very tough to tell who was on the train. i mean some people have you know, like soot on their faces and blood on their clothes and thaesz easy to tell. but otherwise, its a little tough ...

Philadelphia in mid journey. theyve communicated absolutely nothing to their relatives. theyve communicated nothing to the -- what must be thousands and thousands of people who are wondering about friends and relatives who they know are on that train or who must be on tra train. not one word from amtrak about what happens next for those people who are stranded there. >> yes. and i think you are correct. as you know, i cant speak for them. so -- >> and jay, in your experience with amtrak and deal...