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The section with the passengers at the time. we also learned that all the crew members on this train have been hospitalized. so the ntsb is hoping to interview crew members the next couple of days or so. they are trying to respect their injuries but make sure they get their information. the emergency brake was not activated by the engineer. it was activated automatically on the train. and because this was the maiden voyage of this new route, for two weeks they have been running nonrevenue trains on this line. it was not the first run ever they had done with this train. of course, though, with ...

Saying if something came through the windshield or something else happened to affect the engineer, could he physically have -- it's something he doesn't remember -- could he physically have, essentially, fallen on the throttle? could that have resulted in some way, either by hitting something mechanically on the trail or affecting the engineer somehow in the train cab could that have resulted in that otherwise unexplained rapid acceleration? amazing. we'll keep you posted. we'll be right back. anyone have occasional constipation diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probioti...

Of impact. >> fritz edler, former amtrak engineer, thanks for helping us understand these logistics. it's a scary story and a scary prospect, but thanks for helping us to understand it tonight. obviously, the ntsb -- the implication of what the ntsb is saying, if something came through the windshield or something else happened to affect the engineer, could he physically have -- it's something he doesn't remember -- could he physically have, essentially, fallen on the throttle? could that have resulted in some way, either by hitting something mechanically on the trail or affecting the engineer,...

Unions that have said that's an invasion of an expectation of privacy, and it simply. . we have cameras on the clerks at seven-11 banks, et cetera its been pushed back to the representatives of the employees. i think it's imperative. it has been for years. we were talking about this back on september 11 2001 how a camera in the cockpit there, just like in the train cab here would have made perhaps, all the difference in the world. >> peter, you agree with mary on this right? >> absolutely. there's no reason not to have cab facing cameras in our railroad system. it would help investigators and ...

>> how are you feeling? >> i'm okay. i feel lucky to be alive. >> what happened? >> it was a normal train ride, from washington up to new york. at 7:10 i was trying to rush home in time to see my two little kids. everything was fine until i heard some violent shaking. like vibrations. the next thing you know, we left, like we were leaning left, and he finally just went over and turned over to the right, i was on the left side of the train cab, and everyone on the other side flew to the other side. there was a lot of debris, a lot of blood, a lot of people crying for help. >> there was nothing ...