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This is shaping up to be within of amtrak's worst derailments. >> the railroad actually has a pretty good safety record in the northeast corridor generally has a pretty good safety record. they have occasional accidents, a track worker is struck. for both commuters that operate on the same track and amtrak trains, these accidents are infrequent. there is a reason, they're pretty well engineered. pretty well maintained. something has gone wrong here either with the train or track or both. both amtrak's problem. both amtrak's issue. >> you have been watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. ...

The girl next to me bowed my head. and i was just kind of praying like please make it stop. please make it stop. because it felt look we were gliding along for a little while there. and i dent know. if it only felt that way. and maybe it was only a few seconds. but i was just praying the train didn't tip any more. i was afraid we were going to fall all the way on our side. but we didn't. finally it stopped at a tilt. and everyone was screaming. so i stood up. i realized i wasn't hurt. thank god. immediatelyi iz was asking everyone around me. are you okay? are you okay? >> listening there to so...

That -- that this train as it was approaching this curve, we are told that is when things went terribly wrong here. as far as how fast this train was going -- and what the speed limit was -- at that very section. that remains to be seen. of course, investigators will have that information. they'll know exactly how fast this train is going. when they, when they retrieved those, event recorders. it's very similar to what you see on aircraft, like the black boxes. that record, what was going on with the train at the time. as far as what could have caused this. that remains to be seen. we do not k...

I was kind of like, wedged into the window. underneath the tray and the people turned. and i mean, and the bags, shoes, everything just thrown. complete chaos. you know, when we got out, we saw the train. and the train looked lake a pretzel. it was turned, twisted. and you know it was just wires were ripped out. there were electrical live wires. it was just chaos. >> must have been about six rows from the back of the train. just sitting. everything was normal. and then major impact. i just, i guess by the time you come to your senses of what was happening i had been thrown on to the floor in t...

The time. this is really, really an imfornt area coming to and from. and coming from washington to new york. it happened here in philadelphia. that this train for some reason, ended up derailing, the seven particular cars, move out of the shot. a bit quieter on our end. there are more trains, train cars derailed up further. but you can still see, see at la least three, four people standing there. a fire fighter and two or three other whose are standing on the tracks there. discussing something. you can see people walking to and from that last -- looks like the last car there. that was -- tippe...