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Speed of the train, the throttle position, the braking. all of those things are very important. as this train was coming around a curve at the time that it derail derailed, or that is what we're led to believe. so much is going on. we're trying to figure out that in addition to making certain all the passengers who were on board this train, amtrak 188, that all of them got out or have been accounted for. jose? >> nbc's rehema ellis, thank you so much. i want to turn to msnbc's adam riess at the media staging area. adam, good morning, what's the latest from your perspective? >> good morning, jo...

Everyone has taken one of these trains at some point in their life and one of the things you notice is there aren't any seat belts. and you know that when you get up to go to the bathroom you can get knocked around pretty easily. every single one of these cars was knocked off the track, so it's no wonder that there were as many injuries as there were. close to 140 is the number they are putting on it. tamron? >> stephanie, thank you. and as mentioned, this was the image on the cover of today's "new york times" taken by congressman patrick murphy he was on that train and joins us now. thank you...

Washington -- started train to new york city, as well as communicated with mayor bill de blasio in new york city as well since that was the termination point with an expectation there would have been new york city residents, as well. on behalf of a million and a half people here in the city of philadelphia, we also express our deepest sorrow we will do everything we can to assist families who have loved ones on that particular train in whatever their circumstance and condition, but certainly with the six confirmed deceased we are heartbroken at what has happened here. we've not experienced any...

The question is, did anybody not get out? is anybody underneath those train cars? they've had dogs coming in today, cadaver dogs already looking and trying to pick up any hint of any individual who might still be in that wreckage. now, fire rescue, as you know, went meticulously through the wreckage last night. so the real concern is is anybody underneath. they'll right the trains and looking if victims and then candidly they'll begin their investigation. this will take some time as you would expect because they have to go through all of the telemetry on board the black boxes on the train, the...

Never seen anything like this in my life. >> reporter: an amtrak train derailed in philadelphia late tuesday night. train 188 was headed from washington, d.c. to new york. >> basically, the train tilted over and rolled. >> was there any warning at all before this happened? >> no, it happened in seconds. >> a lot of people, a lot of passengers coming out really badly hurt. >> the view from the air reveals the scope of the disaster. multiple passenger cars jumped the tracks, some so damaged they're nothing more than pieces of mangled metal. >> they've been destroyed completely. the aluminum shel...