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On the train who knew what to do after this happened? >> yeah. lawrence, there was people who were -- some executives in the cafe cart who didn't care about the trains at that window. so so you happen there were others that were really pushing in to make sure others were okay. so i would say that the -- and i don't judge anyone for wanting to get out of the train. but, you know if you don't want to ever leave anyone behind -- to breathe or something. so we're just lucky that the 11 people that remained back you know were not fatal and just had injuries. there was obviously lots of

>> there may be some family and friends gathered in penn station right now who did not have nuts about this waiting for passengers to arrive at any minute now. amtrak will have to be informing those people at penn station, i'm sure there's been some method used for that by now. janelle richards, we have images up on the screen of some of what's going on down there and this clearly, there's one shot here of a derailed car that's lying on its side. have you -- were you able to see when you were standing outside the train how quickly medical technicians were able to respond to the scene and help ...

As far as you can tell the train was on a straightaway. how pregnanted is that track from the neighborhood? how close to the track is housing in that area? >> yeah. there's not really housing in the area. it's more, like, factories, old buildings, kind of a bend for buildings, windows boarded up etcetera and some overgrowth of the trees, weeds, etcetera. so that's why you saw some of the first people on the team were putting police officers on motorbikes that you would take out in the backwoods. but obviously, now you're seeing four personnel on the scene. there's people still leaving the trai...

Train and at some point, you know, in mid journey to wherever they were going, whether it be in new jersey or new york and jan. as of 15 minutes ago she had absolutely no information from anyone amtrak or anyone on the scene how these intransit passengers who are ready to move on, how they're going to be dealt with. they are b, as of 15 minutes ago, standing near you know train tracks in pennsylvania with no information. >> yeah. i think with the first priority with first responders who are wounded and injured and i think in time the local police and fire will probably bring in buses. those wh...

People were crying and i just jumped up and pulled myself up to the other bench so i could stand up and get an assessment. and i saw that we were on our side. and then i just -- i noticed -- i didn't want to go by the ground, so i wanted to go above the train. and i pushed that out and then just make sure i could look -- get myself up take a look out. i saw that we were you know on top of the train, that it looked okay to probably evacuate. and there was people who were flipping out to evacuate and we couldn't get out through our doors or anything because we were on our side. and then i just s...