Investigators arrive back here at the scene. Im going to step out of the way. Just over here we have Philadelphia Police and emergency workers still out in the distance. At this point, they are making an effort to get those railcars out of the way and get them to wilmington where they will be processed for this investigation. They will be examined quite thoroughly. Meanwhile, the ntsb is also looking at the black box of the train. The event recorder. Finding out what was going on leading up to the derailment. What we know from the investigation so far is that this amtrak train was going 106 Miles Per Hour. Then an emergency brake was pulled. And then the crash after it came around the cub here at the frankford junction. The speed limit around that curve is 50 Miles Per Hour. The engineer of the train we learned is 32yearold Brandon Bostian from new york. The ntsb said its investigators want to talk with this guy. They tell us the event recorder will be very critical to the investigatio
The corporate realtor was a passenger on illfated amtrak 188. Also on board according to italys ambassador a citizen giuseppe piras. The family of missing passenger Bob Gildersleeve called to philadelphias medical Examiners Office to confirm his identity. My name is Marc Gildersleeve help me find my dad. Reporter their familys search ending in heartbreak as they were told hed been found at the crash scene. When he smiles you want to smile. Reporter at Medgar Evers College in brooklyn they miss their dean of Student Affairs derrick griffith. He believed he could be a change agent in someones life so he carried himself that way. Reporter in new york the loss of abid gilani wells fargos senior hospitality finance Vice President brought sadness to his colleagues. The family of 20yearold Navy Midshipman Justin Zemser released several more pictures of a son who was proud he had made it to the u. S. Naval academy. And in the quiet car on amtrak 188 was 48yearold jim gaines a Video Technology
There, this is quite the undertaking. Reporter yeah and it is still busy right now. Were perched up on top of a roof to give you a good idea whats happening right now. There are workers gathered at the end of the street. The tracks are just beyond that. If we pan over, see a crane up on top of the Railroad Tracks and its been moving around trying to pick up those rail cars and while a lot of those rail cars and debris are gone the workers and broken up tracks remain. Amtrak hopes full Passenger Service will resume tuesday between philadelphia and new york, but there is a lot of work to do. We know that we have a team here that worked together to help us. Reporter today investigators used 3d laser scanners on the wreckage to help paint a better picture of what happened here. It takes several hours per rail car to complete. Our investigators have a lot of experience dealing with this. Each accident is unique. Reporter 11 million riders pass through the northeast corridor of track each ye
On that train. Those types of things are what we want to do. We will eventually do a brake check. Reporter the ntsb will determine what caused the crash though its already said the train was moving more than 100 miles an hour through a curve that limits speed at 50 miles an hour. Sources say police at philadelphias east Detective Division is working to compile the data and police from all over the city worked to interview the crash victims. The trains engineer 32yearold Brandon Bostian we have learned has told police very little after documenting his injuries in the crash, sources say he immediately asked for a lawyer. Sources say his cell phone is being examined and blood samples have been taken. Today the mayor said little about the investigation as did police. Philadelphia Police Department has an ongoing active investigation, criminal investigation into this matter. And will continue to Work Together with amtrak and District Attorneys Office here in philadelphia. Reporter the Distr
Good thursday morning. Im marci gonzalez, reena ninan is on assignment. Hello to you all. Im t. J. Holmes. We begin with the speed factor in that amtrak tragedy. Surveillance video were showing you now, capturing the train zooming down the tracks in philadelphia. Investigators say it was going more than 100 miles an hour, that is double the speed limit when it hit a sharp curve. At least seven people are confirmed dead. And five have been identified. Most of them were heading home to their families. This is the engineer. Who was at the helm. Now saying he has no memory of the crash. Lana zak starts our coverage. Shes live in philadelphia for us. Good morning to you, lana. Reporter good morning, t. J. Good morning, marci. We now know that excessive speed was likely behind the accident here. We know that there was technology that amtrak had that could have prevented excessive speed. But at this section of track, it wasnt installed. The painstaking process of clearing the tracks in philad