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Congressional limited train crash. it was the country's worst rail accident since 1918. but it wasn't the only crash on the new york-washington line. in 1996 50 years later and about 95 miles north of the philadelphia crash, an amtrak train derailed. it then sideswiped another train after crossing the 100-year-old portal bridge. 43 people were injured, though no one was killed. in this case the rails on the bridge were not returned to the right position after the bridge opened to allow a tug boat to pass. the deadly crash on tuesday night is only the latest on a rail line with a history of acc...

Naval academy student justin zemser, one of the victims of the crash, spoke to reporters. >> he was supposed to come home last night at 10:30. when i went online to see, you know, if everything was on time they said there was a derailment. and then it was all plastered on tv. and i kept on calling hospitals, but nothing. and then we got the phone call this morning that my son has passed. >> what can you tell us about the latest on the recovery efforts? >> reporter: it's still very much an active scene. the philadelphia mayor spoke a short while ago and said that they are still very much focuse...

There was also a forward-facing camera that is put on the front of the train. and we know that officials here investigators here have also been speaking to the engineer. that is the individual driving the train. so all of those are going to be key pieces in the preliminary investigation of the ntsb but we also know the data box reporter, or the black box reporter has been taken to amtrak facilities in delaware. that's certainly going to be instrumental to try to determine perhaps the speed of the train as it was going around this turn of any other mechanics or any other measurements that were ...

>> there certainly is. my heart goes out to the families of those who were hurt and certainly those who died. look democrats are not -- we passed a authorization bill. we agreed we can authorize is the most x percent. it's what the appropriators give you. now, amtrak said it needed two billion just for state of good repair, who are just keeping the train going. i am very concerned that we're driving into a safety wreck, and i must say, it may be coincidence that the cut came today, but the cuts have been coming year after year, and the cuts have been coming this year in a year when what the re...

Happen. but people were really good last night. >> how did you actually physically get out of the train? >> so we were the final car. within a few minutes, there was a police officer that somehow made his way on board and helped open the back door which was stuck and there were people from the neighborhood nearby who rushed to the scene and were helping people get out the back of the car. i had actually lost my shoes at some point. we were pulled off the train and standing off to the side. we could see the carnage in front of us which was just train cars and metal everywhere. and then official...