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That have derailed and are just cattywampus, they are far off the rails, a number of these cars have turned and tipped. we have seen actually in that shot, you can see from the chopper some ladders that are put up against the side of the train. those apparently have been put up by first responders to assist any passengers that may have kicked out windows as a way of trying to exit these train cars. the windows is one side people were on the scene there quickly. the other sign you can get from these visuals in terms of the first responder response is how much light there is on the scene. there ...

Who are stranded out there on those trains and they are just going through all that debris next to the trains right now, perhaps looking for evidence and really trying to put together exactly what happened out here but for the most part i have not seen any other victims from the air here in skyforce10. >> matt we know that the ntsb the national transportation safety board is gathering information on this crash. we also know that the federal railroad administration is dispatching a team of investigators to come to the scene, but again going back to that steel beam that you saw that crashed righ...

The really mangled train car right there in that area of your screen. and we saw some of those workers, again, we had the helicopters from the police up here trying to shine some light out here. we also see some of the fire department workers, they have their trucks out here shining some light beams on to this area, as well. now you can see it illuminates every now and then. you see the bulk of the investigative effort we can just zoom in right up here to this area and we can get a better look at the fire department workers that are out there right now. we have not seen any other victims, any ...

Various stages of disarray turned over upsidedown on their side. we are still investigating what's going on. a total of 200 police personnel responded to this incident as well. most individuals were able to walk off of the train. many were transported. you'll get that from the fire department. ntsb, the national agency is activated and investigating. amtrak personnel, as you can see the gentleman standing next to me on the scene, as well. full response fire police department of homeland security septa, amtrak and others and the state police. i've talked to governor wolf and his chief of staff....

All these investigators are out here, it could take months perhaps a year or two before we get reports on the ntsb as to exactly what caused this and exactly what was at play here but you just see that when these trains derail how much debris is around this area and how much disruption was caused as a result. and you can almost see, we're kind of coming around to the other side here so you can get a better look at that power pole there that gives these trains the power here and it really is just bent at this point, and it's really just dangled on top of that train. i'm not an expert on trains ...