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
Gathering information about those who were killed. Dawn timmeney is at temple hospital where several victims are still being treat the but lets begin with Dave Schratwieser at the derailment scene. Dave . Reporter iain, ntsb is expected to have a News Conference closer to 5 30 now. Well get the latest on the investigation and they got their first look today at video from on board that train the night of the derailment and crash. They were looking at that video in delaware today. In the meantime city officials updated their part of the investigation and the Recovery Efforts here and they now say everyone has been accounted for. Its been a massive effort. Its been painful. Reporter as city official confirm the discovery thursday morning of an itth victim in the wreckage of amtrak train 188 the mayor said it was a near miracle there werent casualties. We believe we have now accounted for all 243 individuals that we believe were on amtrak train number 188. Amtrak is heart broken for what h
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