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Time, but i was just amazed at how quickly they got everybody sorted, taken where they needed to go and now they have the -- >> mr. francis, if you could, please tell us what is going on on the scene right now. robert francis, do we have you on the line? >> yes, i'm here. >> mr. francis, i know there are two fatalities and roughly 70 injuries, but 147 people they were able to transport off the train into safety at this point. what is the ntsb looking at right now? >> we are going to go back to paul kirby and try to get mr. francis back on the line there.

Away. if it is something much more serious, a form of hazmat, like chlorine or something, they will have to wait. >> and russell, if you would, you're familiar with the silver star line and working with the ntsb, you have been through these crashes before, what would be different about this scene? we know there was a freight train being changed onto the tracks, how precarious is this where the silver star line comes through cayce, south carolina? >> well, it is no more dangerous than probably any other railroad. railroads have all kinds of potential dangers, but there are safety systems built ...

System failure. >> and we talk about the system failure, but it seems there have been a few train accidents in the headlines lately. is there something going on here with the system? or are these just random issues? or is there a real serious infrastructure problem? >> no, i don't think there's an infrastructure problem. it's just -- these are somewhat random events that just occur. some people say things come in threes, but i have seen when i was an investigator, it seemed in times that would occur. >> and they do keep up on the railroads and keep the rail lines running all the time and check...

Where they unload new automobiles to be put on trucks for distribution. and there is switching going on there. so whether that train was on the track unloading and something happened, that's going to be up to the ntsb, but it was close to the place where they unload new automobiles from freight trains. >> have you heard updates from those taken to the middle school awaiting transport? what are the plans to take the people from the middle school to get them on their way? >> they have not said. they have not said at all. that will come from the county and the emc, the emergency operations center...

Little yard. 5, 10 acres, where they take the new cars off. >> paul, if you would, how far is this from the train station amtrak stop? >> the only train station we have in south carolina that i'm aware of right here is in the city of columbia, which is probably 15 miles away. >> 15 miles to the north or south of where you are right now? >> it is actually over to our east. we are west columbia. cayce is west of the city of columbia. and that's where we are right now. >> so if that had possibly stopped at the station, do we have any indication, have we heard how fast this train was possibly trav...