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Evening, it was a complete scene of darkness with hundreds of rescuers, firefighters police officers using their own flashlights searching the scene. the mayor just spoke to us. and he said he cannot be sure at this time that everyone is accounted for. it is late at night. they will attempt to do some searching through the night. i can tell you i was on the scene an hour ago. just as it was scribbled by the mayor and the governor a devastating mangled mess. that's what it is. one of the train cars. it looks like a tin can was open. the front car. the engine car is at least 50 yards away from t...

At least 50 yards away. no way to describe how it is that far away other than it just separated from the other cars when it derailed. >> yeah. it is hard to piece together exactly how these train cars got in the position they are. and what caused that. you mentioned a little bit earlier that they had brought in flood lights and lighting to help. as rescue crews and emergency personnel are on the scene. how close are you to that scene? can you tell us what they're doing right now? >> i'm less than a block. and the mayor and the governor just returned from looking at the scene. the governor has ...

And governor tom wolf by his side. describing it as something hard to believe. a little earlier, mayor michael nutter. it is a disastrous mess. never seen anything like this in my life. you can see why those words came out of his mouth. this is one of the train cars that derailed and it looks like it is actually bent in half as rescue crews have been on the scene throughout the evening trying to get passengers off that train. and into some kind of medical help. five people have been killed in this train derailment. we understand six are still in critical condition. the scene is still very acti...

Employees. 65 is one new piece of information. 65 trans ports. still six considered critical. and unfortunately, confirmed, five individuals deceased as a result. all those individuals went to a variety of hospitals. primarily temple and area and a couple others. we've received tremendous support from all of our agencies and departments and obviously, now i'll introduce governor tom wolf is with us. i've talked with him and his chief of staff. he's expressed tremendous support and we've received that support on the ground. governor? >> thank you. i am really here in support of the city of phil...

Many were transported. you'll get that from the fire department. ntsb, the national agency is activated and investigating. amtrak personnel, as you can see the gentleman standing next to me on the scene as well. full response fire police department of homeland security amtrak, and other, and the state police. i've talked to governor wolff and his chief of staff. they are very concerned about this incident and giving their full cooperation. i've been on the tracks on the scene with my staff. >> i'm going to interrupt because we want to take to you a new press conference. we're watching philly m...