The Daily Numbers: 106 mph, that’s how fast investigators believe Northeast Region Train 188 was going just before it derailed.
102 mph, how fast train was still going after engineer applied emergency brakes seconds before it derailed.
50 mph, the suggested speed limit going into what is known as Frankford Junction.
7 people killed
200 injured.
8 still in critical condition.
12 remain listed as missing.
1987, the last deadly accident on Northeast Corridor tracks, in Baltimore, when 16 people were killed.
1943, date of another deadly crash on the same stretch in Frankford, when the Congressional Limited went off the tracks, killing 79 and injuring 116.
20, age of Justin Zemser, a Naval Academy midshipman who was killed in the crash.
48, age of Jim Gaines, a tech for the Associated Press, also killed.
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Kudos to the Phillies for taking a moment of silence last night to honor those lost in the Amtrak derailment.
I Don’t Get It: It’s hard to hear that a safety device that is used elsewhere in the country is not yet in use on the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor. I don’t get it.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to the first responders who waded into what looked like a war zone in Frankford after the derailment. As always they never blink about putting themselves in danger to help others.
Quote Box: “There’s no way in the world he should have been going that fast into the curve.”
- Mayor Michael Nutter, on the Amtrak derailment.
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