amtrak which the political optic of that i think, is pretty stark in terms of sending a message that at least that particular committee didn t see the opportunity to really step up but it is a costly system but joe boardman the head of amtrak has indicated on the northeast corridor not the entire country, by 2015 the system will be in place. as you know jeffrey, correct me if i m wrong, there are restrictions limits on how much money these families these eight dead people from this train will be able to collect right now. walk us through what s going on. well this can get very complicated, and there is room in there is room for some negotiation and courts can sometimes override these limits but it is true that amtrak is a government entity and accidents
place, in parts of the northeast corridor and possibly either here in philadelphia or parts of philadelphia or near philadelphia. but the systems take time. and again, i ll let the ceo explain, but that s the information that i have. mr. boardman. senator, i m sorry. so the answer, your question, the answer is that we started installing positive train control in the 90s. positive train control exists now between new haven and boston. in 2008, i was the federal railroad administrator, and i supported and put in the law the requirement for this december of 15 positive train control. it s the same year i became ceo of amtrak. we began immediately, and we spent $111 million getting ready for positive train control.
sorry on behalf of everyone in pennsylvania, i want to express my condolences and sympathy to the families, certainly to the victims. but i also want to say that as a pennsylvanian, i am so proud of the way this was handled by the folks here in philadelphia. as the mayor says, commissioner said, this is an example of cooperation, collaboration, we have worked together to work through this tragedy, and i can t say enough about the h heroism of the first responders who came here, risked their lives to save as many people as they possibly could. as a pennsylvanian, i just to want express my pride and my thanks to the mayor and his team for doing such a tremendous job, such a terrible, terrible tragedy. so mayor, thank you very much. thanks. thank you. mr. boardman.
a laurel pond last night. the medical examiner will determine how caleaf richardson died. toxicology reports are due back in a few weeks. richardson went into a pond at an apartment complex on old stage coach road and never came out. they found his body at the bottom of the pond. and quick action by two prince georges county police officers. the police lieutenant and corporal noticed smoke last night. and that is after reporting, the pair went into the building without fire gear and got every resident out of the burning building safely. today, both officers spoke about their experience and say it was not easy getting everyone out. i went up and i kicked the door and the lock broke and the chain was still o. as soon as i saw the chain on from the inside, i knew there had to be someone inside and i continued to kick it until the chain broke and went to the back bedroom. she was in the back bedroom asleep and then i woke her up. a temporary shelter, meantime, has been opened
it s going to save 3 billion the regulatory commission said it would generate 1.7 billion. i don t know how much of that difference is attributable to the loss of business that inevitably is going to occur when you can t do this six day delivery. you have an advantage right now that was six day delivery. if you were looking at this through the very cold lands of a pure business model, you are giving away the major advantage have when you give away that sixth day. can you speak to why there is such a wide disparity between the savings the two agencies came up with, and you know, what keeps us from going up to four? and aren t we really if we are not careful, if we go to five, aren t we talking about the beginning of a death spiral here? let me address a number of the questions. first of all, to repeat what i said to the chairman, we do not want to go to the 65 but financially we are in a situation where we ve got to take that as an option going forward and it is tied directl