A union official says train engineer William Rockefeller started to nod off "But caught himself" right before the deadly train derailment.
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Emergency workers remove a body from a derailed Metro-North train in The Bronx. At least four people were killed and more than 60 injured when the speeding train slammed into a curve and ran off the rails Dec. 1.
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The scope of the devastation in the aftermath of the deadly train derailment.
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Officials at the grisly scene where a body was found in the aftermath of the terrible accident.
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The train’s conductor, William Rockefeller, is taken away on a stretcher after the deadly crash.
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First responders treat the injured.
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Firefighters use a device to transport victims along the rails.
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injured being removed from a derailed Metro North train at the Spuytyn devil staion in the Bronx
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A woman is taken to an ambulance at the site of a Metro-North train derailment in the Bronx borough of New York December 1, 2013. At least four people were…
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injured Metro North worker being removed from a derailed Metro North train at the Spuytyn devil staion in the Bronx
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Metro/North derailment in the Bronx hurt man being helped by away from crash site on Kappock Street in the Bronx.(December 1st ,2013) Photo by John Roca
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Officials remove a body from the scene of a Metro-North train derailment in The Bronx.
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Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a Metro-North passenger train derailment in the Bronx borough of New York, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. The train derailed on a curved section…
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An Amtrak train, top, traveling on an unaffected track, passes a derailed Metro North commuter train, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York. Officials are standing…
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A Metro-North locomotive lies on its side after derailing, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York. The train derailed on a curved section of track in…
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Emergency workers work at the site of a Metro-North train derailment in the Bronx borough of New York December 1, 2013. At least four people were killed and 63 injured,…
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A Metro-North train lies on its side after derailing in The Bronx.
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Emergency workers at the scene of the train wreck that killed four on Sunday.
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Emergency rescue personnel work the scene of a Metro-North passenger train derailment.
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Injured passengers are removed from the derailed Metro-North train.
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Injured people are tended to by first responders.
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A Metro-North passenger train derailed on a curved section of track in The Bronx on Sunday morning, killing four people, injuring 63 and coming to rest just inches from the water, authorities said.
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New York Police Department officials use a boat to search the waters around the site of a Metro-North train derailment in the Bronx borough of New York December 1, 2013….
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First responders view the derailment.
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Rescue workers search through a car at the site of a Metro-North train derailment in The Bronx on Dec. 1. Four were killed and 63 were injured.
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Emergency workers at the scene of a commuter train wreck on Dec 1, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York. The train bound for New York’s Grand Central Station…
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Metro/North derailment in the Bronx general scene showing rescue police and firemen around train cars on their lying on their side along .(December 1st ,2013) Photo by John Roca
