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Battered shaken a little bruised but really lucky. >> janna, you look fit as a fiddle. >> i feel fine. my neck's bothering me a little bit from being bumped around. but just mainly tired at this point. >> let's talk about this horrific thing that you've been through. you were in the second to last car, correct, janna? >> yes. >> you take this train a fair amount regular ride? >> i don't take amtrak. but i was in d.c. for a work conference. i was sitting on the right side of the car in the aisle seat. and felt like we sped up a little bit at first as if we were almost going around a curve. >> t...

Self-evacuate. there were several people trapped. again, train cars are overturned. they're in horrible shape. there's a bunch of debris down there. it's a dangerous situation for responder, even more dangerous for the riders down there but we were able to get them out. >> a routine trip from washington, d.c. to new york what should have been a routine trip he was able to walk away from the derailment. he said he can't believe it happened. >> i'm still like the concept feels like a dream, how how could this have happened? you always read about thing, a plane crashes, a train derail you never a...

Had been catapulted in there. >> how were you able to get out of your car? >> i was lucky. i was able to get up and walk sideways to get out. >> and how about you, janna? >> we were told to wait at first -- >> by who? were the first responders already on the train? >> no they weren't. i guess they were just some passenger who is stepped up. actually somebody in the last car identified themselves as a police officer, mike. and we weren't sure if it was safe to fwo go out on the rails voltage or downed wires. so everyone was hanging tight for a little bit until i saw a flashlight and i think the...

Officials that everybody has been accounted for. there were some 243 and it is important to note mik, as i go back to you in new york this isn't the first time there's been a tragedy here of a derailment. in the 1940s there was one, and 79 people died. and in t it's more than just what meets the eye. we'll get answers for you as we get them from authorities here michaela. >> so many people are going to want answers, what's really truly amazing is people were able to walk away from that. evidence by the two people joining me here in studio chris. jeremy and janna d' ambrisi join us to tell us a...