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Who was in the second car in the back of the train when it derailed. thank you for being with me, jeff, appreciate it. >> happy to be here. >> describe what happened last night. >> well, from my point of view, i was riding in the quiet car and we were north of philadelphia and seeming to go around a curve and the train flew off the curve. and i guess chaos ensued. there was a lot of rattling of stuff in the car. >> jeff you say it was turning. did you sense anything unusual? anything different? >> i do not. some people have been asking if the train was accelerating too fast around that curve, ...

Perfect as possible to know exactly how many of these people on the manifest were on that train, how many are in the hospital, and they are asking people who survived it who left on their own to call that number, that 1-800-523-9101 number to call that number just to check in and say i was on that train and i got out on my own, as well as family members of folks that are still missing at this hour. rehema, one more thing before i let you go also the mayor of philadelphia also mentioning that the conductor was injured but survived this incident and is being right now or just wrapped up giving h...

>> jeff, thank you so much for being with me. i so appreciate your time. i'm glad you're doing well. thank you. >> thank you. i want to bring in nbc news prix deucer janelle richards who was on one of the train cars that ended up upright after the crash. janelle, good morning, thanks for being with me. >> good morning. >> so glad you're okay. describe what you felt and what you saw? >> i, when i was riding on the train, i heard a loud crash and i felt the impact. i mean, i flung forward and then back and forward again and back and i could see people kind of getting lifted out of their seats ...

It was a big bang. >> it is an absolute disastrous mess. 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...

Left a meeting to jump a train to get home to new york. she has a 2-year-old daughter. another person who is missing, is robert gildersleeve, he was dropped off by his wife at the train station in baltimore. these families waiting for any information. i think it's important to note for our viewers, amtrak has handed out an 800 number that they said if you have walked off the train for you have any information about those that could have been on the train, they want to make sure you contact them. the number is 800-523-9101. they want to get that information out there. >> kate bolduan, thank you...