this is an extremely remote area. emergency responders had to sent multiple helicopter flights to get the wanted out of the spot and back to a treatment to be treated effectually. it s not clear what caused the derailments. major derailments in the past have been either the result of going too fast on a corner or something wrong with the tracks. obviously, the ntsb s go team on the ground will look at both of those possibilities as well as other variabilities. certainly, it is a very scary and violent scene. and unfortunately at this point, the reporting is that three people on the ground have died, alex. that is certainly bad news for sure. so it looks as if it s a straightaway at this point. whether or not a curve on those tracks would be involved i think really begs the question there, jake. let me ask you about the survivors, what they re saying. one, as you heard, described it like extreme turbulence. is anyone else sharing their experience? reporter: msnbc at this point has s
ahead and were fine and derailed after that. so that s what they ll have to piece together. and track maintenance will be a concern. the age of the track, what s been done. and bnsf will help the investigators with that because they will be the ones who were in charge of all that. you know, this crash comes timing wise as a big vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill slated for this week, and here s what new jersey congressman josh gottheimer had to say about it earlier this morning. take a listen. there s too much on the line here for our country. you think about infrastructure and what happened, the tragedy last night, the derailment in montana on amtrak, and of course, i m here in new jersey. we got hit so hard as other parts of the country did by hurricane ida. in the infrastructure bill is climate rezil yaenls to help fight climate change. to fix amtrak and invest in our roads, bridges, rails. there s no reason why we shouldn t pass that right away and get shovels in the
that delicious scramble was microwaved? get outta here. everybody s a skeptic. wright brothers? more like, yeah right, brothers! get outta here! it s not crazy. it s a scramble. just crack an egg. a somber service is under way on long island to remember gabby petito, as the search for her fugitive fiance intensifies. her body was found one week ago today in a rugged wiomic camp ground. her death was ruled a somicide. while he s not been charged directly in her death, petito s fiance, brian laundrie, vanished and hasn t been sign in nearly two weeks. kathy park is joining us from new york where the public visitation is happening right now. what a sumber day there. set a scene for us. are we seeing a large turnout
survivor. this one named megan described to us a feeling of feeling just extremely lucky to be alive and unhurt. but recordings on the ground and reports on social media from the ground suggest that people have been really, you know, thrown into a tailspin. they don t call it a train wreck for nothing. it s one of the most horrifically disorienting kinds of disasters. locals took in many of the survivors into a local high school. that s where the spent the night. today, about an hour from now, they would have been arriving at their destination. but as of right now, they re just trying to figure out how to get where they need to go and how to get the help they need at this hour. absolutely. just the basics for them, the survivors. jake ward, thank you so much for that. we re going to further the conversation with kitty higgins, a former member of the ntsb. welcome to you. so they have their work cut out