make that kind of a dent would be very distracting. at the wrong time it could have delayed his response in reducing the throttles. i think it's still a stretch to say that's a causal factor. it was certainly a part of what happened here, though. >> so, david, i think for folks in the control room, if we had that map of this route, not the entire northeast corridor, but just the smaller section, in which we see that the last station that brandon bostian rest, and then headed to this turn and then headed north. according to the ntsb, he's been extremely cooperative, but he doesn't remember anything after ringing the bell after leaving that last station. we then head for a couple miles to the turn. and we've learned that after that at least according to the "the new york times," typically, they speed up to maybe 100 miles per hour, after making that turn. is it possible to think that this item that hit the windshield could have distracted him to the point that he thought