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>> special operations are on scene now. we have task force one in service, too. most people again, were able to self evacuate and that helped us out a great deal. the ones entrapped are special operations people put hydraulic tools to get them out. that took time. secondary searches are under way now to make sure everybody is out, but special operations people are doing a tremendous job. >> did you have -- >> absolutely we used hydraulic tools to get to the people that could not self evacuate. several people were entrapped. again, train cars are overturned they are in horrible shape. bunch of ...

Possibilities that you consider when you're talking about a passenger train derailment in an environment like this? obviously, this is the northeast corridor this is a very very highly trafficked passenger rail corridor. lots of other trains have been through there today. nobody else had problems that we know of except for this train. in terms of the range of possibilities, what are the most likely suspects in terms of what would have caused a derailment like this if it is indeed, accidental? >> you know i think they'll be looking at typically three things looking at human beings involved, the...

Train number 188, which originated from washington, d.c., northbound to new york city derailed. officer gilliam will give you the exact time but somewhere around after 9:00 p.m. this evening. that incident required a four-alarm response from the fire department. fire department is in command in this scene. that resulted in 33 apparatus on the scene, 120 firefighters and other emergency management personnel responded. this went to a level three mass causality incident because of the number of personnel. 243 individuals on this train, five of whom are amtrak employees. unfortunately, we can conf...

The damage to that passenger rail car. again, as we've been talking about over the course of the night, if you've been a passenger on an amtrak car, you know there's a lot of open space inside a train, one of the reason traveling by train is more fun than rail frankly, you got move to room around room to move around big open aisle, there aren't seat belts, the train seats give you more space between them. in a dining car like former congressman patrick murphy was in tonight, there's a lot of space, including tables that seat four people and seats are very far apart. while that is a pleasure wh...

Coincidences, maybe it's a statistical likelihood given the route of this train, there was a u.s. senator onboard this train. he did exit just before the train crashed happened, senator tom carper was on board this train tonight before it did derail. let's get back into the nbc philadelphia coverage. >> reporter: many have gone on to the buses and taken three or four blocks closer to the derailment. you see here a firefighter ready to possibly get onboard there. again, all the tomahawks notified early on they should expecting many patients to come through. plenty of injuries to talk about and ...