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Control. >> i had already had a plan of action in my head and then when it blew up, it changed everything. the first thought that went through my head was you know, okay, what do we do now. >> hundreds of nearby residents and a nursing home are evacuated. >> they said everybody over in the college hill area, you need to evacuate. >> firefighters are on the scene for more than 12 hours. the charred remains of cars and debris are a testament to the ferocity of the chemical-fueled inferno that claims one life, a 61-year-old woman who lived in one of the destroyed homes. an investigation finds the...

It to a stop safely and the second crew member, could they be able to do something? make sure that the engineer is cognizant of the curve up ahead? that's one issue that has to be addressed. >> the other allegation contained within this lawsuit, robert is the failure to properly train and instruct the train crew on safe operations. that's kind of scary. >> that's an allegation we have yet to investigate, but you are talking about whether a mixture of whether it could be problems with the personnel, the mechanical problems and failure, that proper safety device on the train, and obviously this ...

>> we plan to. this person has gone through a traumatic event and we want to give him an opportunity to -- to convalesce for a day or so before we interview him. it is a high priority for us to interview the train crew. >> we now know the train was going 106 miles per hour and the emergency brake was applied and that only brought it down to 102? >> it is a train going 106 miles per hour and the emergency brake was applied three seconds before the crash so in the three seconds it dropped down to 102 miles per hour. >> and this is a curve that should be taken at 50 miles per hour and the speed b...

Call on you, say your name and outlet. >> [ inaudible ]. >> have we talked to the engineer? the answer to that is no but we plan to. this person has gone through a very traumatic event and we want to give him an opportunity to convalesce for a day or two. but that's a high priority for us is to interview the train crew. right here. >> [ inaudible ]. >> our producers are going to continue to listen to the press conference to see if there is anything else that comes out. the ntsb just announced -- they had new information for us -- the engineer applied the brake. the engineer-induced braking was...

Scene to thoroughly document the accident site and gather factual information. we will be doing a more detailed documentation of the rail cars and the scene. we plan to interview the train crew and other personnel. we would like to interview passengers of the train. we will be conducting a site distance test. we'll be testing the signal system, the train control signals. we'll be testing the braking system and a detailed analysis instead of the cursory analysis that i mentioned earlier of the recorders. we'll be doing a very detailed download and analysis of those recorders. our mission is to ...