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
overnight despite the efforts that were made here at the hospital. the other person that we know of who did die, whose name we have heard, you played a sound byte from his mother earlier, was justin zemser a 21-year-old naval midshipman. he was on leave and headed home. as you played that sound byte earlier, his mother has confirmed that he also died. one of the questions that was asked here at this press conference was the age range and the injury range of what we were seeing and what we were told essentially was that there was one 80-year-old or 80-something-year-old patient who was here at this hospital. there were others that were in their 20s, around in that range. so while we don t have extensive biographical information, we know there were at least four people who were from outside the united states, from albania and from some other countries in europe. but they are also trying to sort out where they were from. but we do have those names of seven fatalities. do we know if ther
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tracks, seven i think cars were lifted off the track itself. power lines were pulled down. i mean the velocity that it must have been at and sort of the lack of obvious control. i mean, tell us a little bit about when you hear that account, what you think transpired. well again, we need to make sure we have all the information, which we will be getting as the investigation proceeds. but it seems to me it s the laws of physics. the train speed as reported was at 100 miles an hour. supposed to be 50 miles an hour. when you exit a curve off a highway, they tell you to slow down for that very reason. once a body is in motion, it stays in motion. that was what was happening here. basic laws of physics. kitty higgins, thanks for your time. temple university hospital received 54 patients following the train derailment and more than 20 patients are still receiving care. one of the victims admitted at the hospital died overnight due