Learn a bit about the 8 victims of the amtrak crash

Learn a bit about the 8 victims of the amtrak crash

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Eight people died when Amtrak train No. 188 derailed in north Philadelphia on Tuesday, en route to New York City from Washington, D.C. We now know that the train was going too fast around a


curve, and the names of the eight victims. In the video below, _The Associated Press_ goes a step further, providing faces and basic biographical details for most of the people who died in


the wreck. It's a nice service, but also a fitting, if small, tribute to one of the victims, Jim Gaines, an _AP_ video software engineer credited with developing online video for the


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