on the ground. >> reporter: mayor of a nearby town expressing separate concerns about the safety of the track earlier this month. >> when there is an accident and try to justify not putting in those safety enhancements or you can go back now and advocate for the money to do it. >> you start to see the roof kind of peel. is this ever going to stop? >> reporter: army lieutenant was driving along the busy interstate when the train cars came trashing down. >> individuals had been ejected from the train on to the pavement. >> i heard people in there asking for help and stuff. people were yelling. there's people looking for each other, looking for loved ones. >> reporter: mccoy taking these photos from inside the train as he pulled passengers to safety. president trump talking politics before sending his condolences to survivors, tweeting shortly