With matt lauer live from philadelphia and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a. And good morning. Welcome to a special splitedition of today on this wednesday morning. Its 7 00 on the west coast. Its 10 00 here in the Port Richmond area of philadelphia. And as the sun comes up, matt, you are seeing such an awful scene there. Philadelphias mayors going to take part in a News Conference at any moment, including other officials as well, but i think he really put it best overnight. He walked the length of those trains. He saw the scene, and he said it was an absolute disastrous mess, the worst thing he had seen in his life. Thats right. Its a pretty accurate description. That News Conference, by the way, will happen just feet from where im standing. Meanwhile, look over my shoulder. About 150 yards down that road, thats where this all took place. Also, we can take you above. Well go to a live look from our philly stations helicopter, and you can see just what the damage is, the tangled me
Philadelphia and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a. And good morning and welcome to a special split edition of today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer in the Port Richmond area of philadelphia. And what a scene behind you. I think phillys mayor said it best. He seemed visibly shaken by what he saw walking the length of the train saying it was an absolute disaster. Like something hes never seen before. Its a good description. It happened just down the road behind me about 150 yards down there. If you look closely, fire engines, First Responders still on the scene. As we come on the air this morning, weve now been told six confirmed dead from this accident. Lets go up above and take a look from our chopper. This morning you can see the tangled mess of cars tracks power lines. One car nearly flipped over another ended up almost perpendicular to the other cars and to the tracks. Amtrak train 188 derailed in the area behind me about 9 28 last night. One passenger said there was a ver
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