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Philadelphia, downtown center. that is where the last safe stop was made for that amtrak train headed northbound. we will take you now north along those tracks. this track, as it winds its way northwest out of the city winds its way, this is where the tracks make their first big turn. the train tracks continue in this direction. and this thoroughfare of track cuts through -- basically runs right through north philly. we are now here, coming up at the turn where the train derailed.

Where everyone was seated and correlate that to the injuries sustained. i think that will tell us a lot about the crash worthiness of these cars as well as the survivability issues. >> this is a hard thing to figure out, unlike an airplane, you have no sense of where people were? >> but the good thing is, there are a lot of survivors and they can tell us, well, i was seated about here, that's the good thing. >> thank you very much really appreciate it. earlier today i got into a helicopter to retrace amtrak northeast regional out of the philadelphia train station, get a firsthand look at the...

Was made for that amtrak train headed northbound. we will take you now north along those tracks. you can see how slowly that train is going. this track as it winds its way west out of the city along the river here this is where the tracks make their first big turn. the train tracks continue in this direction. and this thoroughfare of track cuts through -- basically runs right through north philly. we are now here coming up at the turn where the train derailed. probably what? three miles or so from 30th street station. we're still in the city boundaries of philadelphia. we're still in philly.