are turned on the side. yes. amanda swanson was a passenger on that train when it derailed. she joins me on the phone. since you are on the phone with us, i am hoping that you are fine and uninjured. caller: yes, i wound up probably one of the least injured people on the train. i left the scene early, probably shouldn t have, but i wasn t in the right frame of mind to be making perfect decisions. it was overwhelming to hear all of that. i think we are showing right now on our screen, some pictures that you took post the derailment i think. describe to us what was going on at that point with you. caller: during the accident. we re looking at the picture that you took. caller: i m sorry. i m not in a place where i can
assumed, i have very little information on the situation, i assumed that the more severe injuries were in other cars that landed in different ways, because i definitely feel like i have the best seat on that train today. were you very lucky. we are glad to talk to you. we certainly appreciate your time. amanda swanson, i assume you ve made that phone call to your parents. thank you for joining us. caller: yes, of course. thank you. is what makes us diff. we take the time to get to know you and your unique health needs. then we help create a personalized healthcare experience that works for you. and you. and you. with 50 years of know-how, and a dedicated network of doctors, health coaches, and wellness experts, we re a partner you can rely on today, and tomorrow. we re going beyond insurance to become your partner in health. humana.
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because the fatalities were apparently in the cars that went on their sides, which is, you re in one of those. you sound so calm. were you this calm throughout the whole ordeal? or was there panic? caller: when it first was happening, i became aware that i was in the middle of a train crash i kind of had a very brief conversation with myself where i was like, okay, amanda, this is that moment. you re going to stay awake. you re going to stay guarded. you re going to live through this. that sounds silly, but it was important to me that i do that, it was important to me that i get to call my parent when is this is over. so with that, there was only the actual moment evident final impact when the train came to a complete stop that i found i no longer had control. but the way the train landed and i could clearly stand up, i m surprised to hear you say i
0 state of union with candy crowley begins right now. good afternoon from washington. we re following two breaking news stories today. first, that deadly train derailment in new york city. these are live pictures of a metro north commuter train that went off the tracks at the spuyten duyvil station. 11 people are in serious condition. the law enforcement that is familiar with the situation says the train s operator says he applied brakes to the train but it did not slow down. new york governor cuomo has visited the site. we will continue to update you throughout this hour. here in washington today was the self-imposed deadline for the obama administration s health care.com website to be working. i want to bring in tory dunnan. so is it all fixed? i think the safe answer is going to be we ll see. they ve met the goal of a system that will work smoothly for the vast majority of users. let s take a listen to what jeff seenz had to say earlier. it is night and day from where it was