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>> i had already had a plan of action in my head and then when it blew up, it changed everything. the first thought that went through my head was you know, okay, what do we do now? >> hundreds of nearby residents and a nursing home are evacuated. >> they said everybody over in the college hill area, you need to evacuate. >> okay. >> firefighters are on the scene for more than 12 hours. the charred remains of cars and debris are a testament to the ferocity of the chemical-fueled inferno that clai...

On a ship this is the universal sign of trouble. inside this model ship hull, instructors from resolve maritime academy train crew how to prevent a deadly disaster at sea like the sinking of the passenger ferry in south korea. investigators say the nearly 7,000-ton ship sank in about 2 1/2 hours. 476 people were inside when a boy on board made the first call for help at 8:52 a.m. local time. the ships crew made a distress call about three minutes later at about 8:55. the crews response is critic...

Emergencies. shes in a bridge simulator in ft. lauderdale. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. were at resolve maritime academy. what youre looking at is a bridge and dave bolt is here to tell us what this is. what are we looking at? >> this is a full mission bridge simulator. its what you would see on the bridge of a modern ship. >> theres a lot of things we can do here. lets start listing slowly to get perspective as to what this looks like. at this point if youre on the bridge, you would...

Passengers aboard that ferry were told to stay where they were as the ship ran into trouble. >> this tragedy is now focusing on attention on what the crew and passengers should do to get to safety. we have more on that from florida. >> reporter: on a ship, this is the universal sign of trouble. inside this model ship hull instructors from result maritime academy train crew how to prevent a deadly disaster at sea. like the sinking of the passenger ferry in south korea. investigators say the nearl...

So tell us what we can see here. >> everything you would see on the bridge of a modern ship, rosa. radars, everything else. >> reporter: now, we can actually feel were actually on a ship. and you can see the waves. i can blow the horn here. >> yep. the radar, electronic charts, all the control systems for the vessel. >> reporter: now, one of the other things we can do is we can list this ship. lets start doing that slowly. >> sure. >> reporter: as we take a look at that, look at the horizon. you...

Everything. the first thought that went through my head was, you know, okay, what do we do now? >> hundreds of nearby residents and a nursing home are evacuated. >> they said everybody over in the college hill area, you need to evacuate. >> firefighters are on the scene for more than 12 hours. the charred remains of cars and debris are a testament to the ferocity of the chemical-fueled inferno that claims one life, a 61-year-old woman who lived in one of the destroyed homes. an investigation fin...

When the flames mushroomed up, they were completely destroyed. >> several electrical explosions follow as the fire rages out of control. >> i had already had a plan of action in my head and then when it blew up, it changed everything. the first thought that went through my head was you know, okay, what do we do now. >> hundreds of nearby residents and a nursing home are evacuated. >> they said everybody over in the college hill area, you need to evacuate. >> firefighters are on the scene for mor...

May have captured the derailment. they do not know yet if this train had cameras that captured images, but we should know that soon. also, investigators have not yet interviewsed the train crew, including the conductor. we are told, though, that will be done today or tomorrow. >> we know the speed limit at least on the straightaway, the straight parts of the track is 70 miles per hour. the train was supposed to slow to about 30 when it went around that curve. apparently it did not and thats why ...

The data from the event recorders. the operations team will be looking at what procedures were in place and how those procedures had been followed. the human performance team will be looking at the performance of the train crew and identifying any anomalies therein. and finally, survival factors team will be documenting the interior of the cars and trying to understand exactly how people were injured or killed. there will be an organization meeting this evening in which these teams will be forme...

The first thought that went through my head was you know, okay, what do we do now. >> hundreds of nearby residents and a nursing home are evacuated. >> they said everybody over in the college hill area, you need to evacuate. >> firefighters are on the scene for more than 12 hours. the charred remains of cars and debris are a testament to the ferocity of the chemical-fueled inferno that claims one life, a 61-year-old woman who lived in one of the destroyed homes. an investigation finds the cause ...