NOT
NOT LOOKING TOO BAD. >> THANK YOU, VANESSA.
>>> THE TRAIN THAT DERAILED IN
WASHINGTON AND KILLED THREE
PEOPLE WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST.
CONFIRMING IT WAS GOING 50
MILES PER HOUR OVER THE SPEED
LIMIT AND SEVERAL AT THE
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED.
>> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE,
STARTING THE TAYLOR, YOU ARE IN
DUPONT.
DUPONT.
DUPONT. .
.
. >>Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
AS OF THIS HOUR, SEVERAL
AUTHORITIES, SEVERAL AGENCIES
ON SCENE AND MANY CRANES ON
SCENE AS THEY CLEAN UP THIS
DISASTER.
DISASTER.
DISASTER. SHOWING YOU ONE OF THEM THIS
MORNING, THE ONE DANGLING HAS
BEEN REMOVED AND MUCH WORK TO
BE DONE.
BE DONE.
BE DONE. AND TOO EARLY TO TELL WHY THE
TRAIN WAS TRAVELING TOOVZ AT
THE TIME, 80 MILES PER HOUR IN
A 30-MILE PER HOUR ZONE.
AMTRAK SAID SOMETHING CALLED
POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL,
TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD STOP OR
SLOW A TRAIN WAS NOT IN USE ON
THIS PART OF THE TRACK AND THE
SPEED OF THE TRAIN, ONE MAN
SAID GOING INTO THE TURN, YOU
COULD TELL SOMETHING WASN'T
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. >>
RIGHT. >> I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MOVING TO
THE RIGHT TOO MUCH AND NOW TOO
FAR, THAT'S WHEN UP
PANDEMONIUM, GLASS AND PEOPLE
STARTED FLYING.
STARTED FLYING. >> HEARD IT FIRST AND FELT
INSTABILITY.
INSTABILITY. I GOT OUT OF THE TRAIN AND I
JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.
.
.
. >>Reporter: AS THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES TODAY,
AUTHORITIES WILL LOOK FOR AND
EXAMINE THE OTHER BLACK BOX
THAT WAS ON THAT TRAIN AND ALSO
BE LOOKING AT THE CONDITION OF
THE TRACK AND AGAIN, AT THIS
HOUR, IN REGARDS TO I-5
SOUTHBOUND, BEHIND ME, DOESN'T
APPEAR THIS STRETCH OF THE
HIGHWAY WILL REOPEN ANY TIME
SOON.
SOON.
SOON. >>
SOON. >> TAYLOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR THE UPDATE.
>>> AS THAT DISASTER UNFOLDED,
A DOCTOR FROM PORTLAND WAS
DRIVING ON I-5 HIS SON AND SAW
THE DERAILMENT.
THE DERAILMENT. >> AND TIM HAS MORE ON THE NUR
SURGEON FROM PORTLAND.
TIM?
TIM?
TIM? .
.
. >>Reporter: RIGHT.
>>Reporter: RIGHT. A NUR SURGEON, THIS FIRST
RESPONDER JOB IS NOT HIS FORTE,
BUT -- -- LIGHTS AND SIRENS
GOING FAST.
GOING FAST. KNEW SOMETHING BIG HAPPENED AND
CAME UP TO THE DERAILMENT.
AND AT THEIR AMAZEMENT AT THE
SCENE AND ASKED HOW THEY COULD
HELP.
HELP.
HELP. DOCTOR SELDEN WAS PUT TO WORK,
TREATING SERIOUS FRACTURES AND
LACERATIONS.
LACERATIONS. >> I SIT BACK IN THE HOSPITAL
AND I AS A NEUROSURGEON, I DO
TAKE CARE OF TRAUMA PATIENTS
WITH BRAIN AND SPINE SURGERY, A
REGULAR PART OF MY JOB, BUT I
HAVE NEVER BEEN OUT IN THE
FIELD AND SEEN THIS KIND OF
DESTRUCTION AND THIS WAS AN
EXTRAORDINARY EVENT.
EXTRAORDINARY EVENT. .
.
. >>Reporter: AND WHEN HIS JOB
THERE WAS DONE, DR. SELDEN TOOK
THIS PICTURE, A STARK REALITY
AND THE CALM AFTER THE CHAOS
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. AND SELDEN'S SON WAS PUT TO
WORK, HELPING PEOPLE WHO WOULD
WALK AWAY FROM THE WRECKAGE TO
SAFETY.
SAFETY.
SAFETY. AND THE DOCTOR WILL SAY THE
FIRST RESPONDER WERE SIMPLY
AMAZING, DIRECTING THE
OPERATION AND SOMETHING TO
PARTAKE IN.
PARTAKE IN. REALLY SOMETHING.
REALLY SOMETHING. BACK TO YOU.
>> WHAT A STORY.
TIM AT OHSU THIS MORNING.
AND ANOTHER MAN WHO SURVIVED
THE DERAILMENT.
THE DERAILMENT. RACHEL HAS THE STORY, AT THE
PORTLAND UNION STATION WHERE
THE TRAIN WAS SET TO ARRIVE
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. RACHEL?
RACHEL?
RACHEL? >> THE MAN'S NAME IS RUDY
WETZEL, TELLING US HIS STORY
FROM HIS HOSPITAL BET IN
OLYMPIA.
OLYMPIA.
OLYMPIA. SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXCITING DAY
FOR THE 81-YEAR-OLD, LOVES
TRAINS AND ONLY TAKING IT TO
CENTRALIA.
CENTRALIA. AND HE BROKE HIS BACK AND
MANAGED TO CLIMB OUT OF THE
WRECKAGE AND DESCRIBES THE
MOMENT OF THE CRASH.
>> I HEARD THE ENGINE RUNNING.
WHICH SCARED THE DAYTIMES OUT
OF ME.
OF ME.
OF ME. AND I THOUGHT ANY MINUTE, THIS
WHOLE THING WAS GOING TO
COLLAPSE ON ME.
>> THAT IS SO, SO SCARY.
I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE.
WE'LL HEAR MORE