Building that collapsed. the death toll now at least nine with more than 150 people still unaccounted for. morgan chesky reports from surfside tonight, a pain-s pain-stakig search in a pile of rubble more than 150 people still unaccounted for, and today turned even more deadly. we recovered eight more victims on site, so i m confirming today that the death toll is at nine. the search and rescue effort nonstop. with hundreds on standby and now, global re-enforcements. israeli teams arriving on site this morning flying in at the request of victims families, to work alongside fema specialists have you encountered any signs of life? unfortunately, we have not. we have heard taps, we have heard falling, we have heard twisting metal we hear sounds all the time. the pile so unstable, crews are now digging a more than 100-foot trench beneath the
There s people trapped on a lift. reporter: the incident unfolding 50 stories in the air. oklahoma city s koco-tv getting these exclusive pictures of the dramatic rescue atop the state s tallest building. watch again. you can see the lift as it pummels the building, twisting metal and glass plummeting 800 feet to the ground. they were on a ride that no one would want to experience. reporter: videos from the ground showing the desperate rescue effort to save those two men. a team of firefighters manages to throw a rope to the workers to finally stabilize the lift, bringing an end to that horrific ride. in that situation, to have the composure to catch a rope bag, to secure it while swinging is amazing. reporter: and david, this went on for nearly an hour. both of these men are unhurt, and tonight, officials believe strong winds may have played a role in what happened. david? all right, marcus, our thanks to you, as well. and we turn next here tonight to the bombshell audio
We know five people were killed. incredible to think the death toll is that low. it is sad those people have died. it could have been so much worse. shortly after the crash, several passengers spoke with cnn and describe what happened. they say the was chaos, people tossed around. train cars flipping on their sides and the sound of twisting metal. take a listen. sounded like we were going a little too fast around the curve. what it felt like. there was a jolt. immediately you could tell the train derailed. at laeseast i could. there was a wave of panic initi initially. i was thrown into the girl next to me sitting in the window street. the train started to tip that way to the right. and the people on the other side of the train started to fall on us. but some people must have fallen above me because somebody s calf hit me in the side of the head. so she must have landed in the
Has been purged and put to death. hello, welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i m rosemary church. i m john vause. this is cnn newsroom. and we are following breaking news out of philadelphia where an amtrak passenger train has derailed killing at least five people. there is no word yet on what may have caused that crash. but passengers say it was like a nightmare with bodies flying, train cars turning on their side, and the sound of twisting metal. we were just on the train. all of a sudden it started to shake. and and we were in the front seat. and this huge red suitcase just came flying at me. our train was actually on its side. so it pushed me on to the side of the train.
As cnn has also reported. the ntsb has revealed the train was speeding at 82 miles per hour when it reached a sharp curve with a 30 mile per hour limit. the locomotive and all seven cars jumped the tracks, a mass of twisting metal. nic robertson is standing by at the site of the ntsb news conference in new york, and i want to bring in john galia, former member of the national transportation safety board. nick, any indication about what we re going to hear from the ntsb. well, if they have been talking with the train engineer, rockefeller, today, then there may be a few more details to come forward from that. yesterday they were reluctant to give any information about their interview with him until it was concluded nick, i m sorry to be rude. tuesday, we re going to hear more. yeah, we re going to hear more right now. i apologize for being rude. let s go live to the ntsb press conference. good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. it s been a very busy but quite productiv