offered to come back for more interviews should they need it as the investigation continues. he says the last thing he remember was ringing his bell as will they went through the philadelphia station, north philadelphia station. he says he didn t have any illness or any fatigue. he s been doing this route for a while now five days a week back and forth between new york and d.c. he just doesn t remember the crash. minutes before the crash, an assistant conductor on his train recalls hearing over her radio conversation between bostian and an engineer on a nearby accept take oig, that engineer told bostian he had just been hit by a projectile and bostian responded i was hit, too. another acela train also reported to nbc news that he was hit with a projectile. here is robert sumwalt with the ntsb yesterday. he recalls ringing the train bell as he went through the north philadelphia station, that s not a thunderstormnormal station
i may have said horn. he s priored to sound his ed torequired to sound his bell as he goed past a station stop. and he did that. he recalled doing that. but he has no recollection of anything past that. joining me now from philadelphia s amtrak station, adam reese. what more do you know that you can tell us about the ntsb s interview with the engineer brandon bostian? reporter: they tell us he s been very cooperative offering up more support. all he remembers as you heard ringing his bell as he passed through the north philadelphia train station. he wasn t fatigued he wasn t ill. this was a regular route for him from new york to d.c. and bag.ck. did he it five days a week. he just doesn t remember the accident. just before the crash, an assistant conductor heard over her radio a conversation between bostian and an engineer on a septa train a local metro train on a parallel track. he tells bostian i was just hit
far from it. this person had a lot of financial information. so if we can use that to drive up some of their financial capabilities, that s a great thing, but it won t win the war. okay. thank you so much for your insights. we re watching several new developments in the investigation of tuesday s fatal amtrak derailment. in fact the ntsb spoke with the train s engineer and the ntsb said brandon bostian was cooperative but could not remember anything of the accident. an assistant conductor told the ntsb says she heard the engineer say a projectile may have hit the train s wind shield. part of windshield had damage not consistent with trash damage. let s bring in cathry owe leary hoe begins. the new details, does that change the nation the investigation? well, it adds to and he is. the ntsb has a history of working with the fbi, so that s
reports that the train s wind shield live been hit with an in- in-unknown object. if you re tapping in the middle of the cab, center line over shear where the engineer s windshield, other here is the other wind shield. lower portion of the left hand windshield, there is a circular pattern that emanates out just a bit. an assistant amtrak conductor told investigators that she recalled hearing an engineer from the local commuter rail tell the dispatch center that his train had been hit by a rock or shot at and the train had to make an emergency stop. she also recalls hearing brandon bostian reply something about his train being struck, too. and joining me now from philadelphia s amtrak station is adam reese. adam, what do you know about the ntsb s interview with brandon bostian, the engineer? reporter: they say he s been very cooperative he even