the fbi looking to see if there s a pattern, a link between the three trains hit last tuesday night, a septa train, asella train and, of course amtrak 188 hit with what officials are calling a fist-sized projectile through the windshield. engineers call it getting rocked and they have to protect themselves, some of them putting grills up in the front windshield to protect themselves from projectiles. the federal railroad administration ordering changes over the weekend for amtrak slow down at that curve, as you mention, jose to 45 miles per hour, post signs for speed and keep an eye on the curves. amtrak s ceo telling tom costello the changes have been made and the trains are safe. finally, jose there was an emotional service last night mayor nutter honoring those eight people who lost their lives, doves were released. today, 20 people remain hospitalized, five critical.
congressional limited train crash. it was the country s worst rail accident since 1918. but it wasn t the only crash on the new york-washington line. in 1996 50 years later and about 95 miles north of the philadelphia crash, an amtrak train derailed. it then sideswiped another train after crossing the 100-year-old portal bridge. 43 people were injured, though no one was killed. in this case the rails on the bridge were not returned to the right position after the bridge opened to allow a tug boat to pass. the deadly crash on tuesday night is only the latest on a rail line with a history of accidents that stretches over half a century. coming up was amtrak doomed to fail from its very outset? the rocky financial history of america s railroad. that s next. based on 6 different criteria, why did a panel of 11 automotive experts name the volkswagen golf motor trend s 2015 car of the year? we ll give you four good reasons.
naval academy student justin zemser, one of the victims of the crash, spoke to reporters. he was supposed to come home last night at 10:30. when i went online to see, you know, if everything was on time they said there was a derailment. and then it was all plastered on tv. and i kept on calling hospitals, but nothing. and then we got the phone call this morning that my son has passed. what can you tell us about the latest on the recovery efforts? reporter: it s still very much an active scene. the philadelphia mayor spoke a short while ago and said that they are still very much focused on trying to recover bodies and at the same time identify those who are missing. he was also saying that as a result of what happened last night, there may have been people who bought tickets who were not on the train. there may have been amtrak officials who got on the train not necessarily having tickets. so that remains the focus of
onboard described what it felt like before the crash. it felt like it was going fast. is that because it really was going fast or because of the consequence of what happened i really can t say. but it did feel fast. and it did feel like it was could have been speed that caused the liftoff that i felt. teams of investigators are on the scene in philadelphia with the ntsb set to hold its next briefing at the top of the hour at 5:00 p.m. eastern. this photo shows the train s black box, which has been recovered and is being analyzed by experts. today, cranes are at work lifting those massive cars. investigators are combing for evidence as trained dogs search for any more people who may be trapped underneath. this afternoon, the death toll rose to seven confirmed fatalities, with more than 200 injured. those killed in the tragic crash include 48-year-old associated press staffer jim gaines and 20-year-old justin zemser a
there was also a forward-facing camera that is put on the front of the train. and we know that officials here investigators here have also been speaking to the engineer. that is the individual driving the train. so all of those are going to be key pieces in the preliminary investigation of the ntsb but we also know the data box reporter, or the black box reporter has been taken to amtrak facilities in delaware. that s certainly going to be instrumental to try to determine perhaps the speed of the train as it was going around this turn of any other mechanics or any other measurements that were being calculated at the time. so all of these pieces critical to the investigation as well as the eyewitness testimonies of those that were onboard. but as of now, they have not officially said what they believe to be the cause of that. although they have described the train as going about 100 miles per hour around this turn. now, keep in mind, that is double the posted speed limit of about 50 mil