Philadelphia – Businessman Steve Forbes says he was on the train that derailed near Philadelphia, killing two people and injuring several dozen others.
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Forbes told CSPAN’s “Book TV” by phone that he was in the next-to-last car when the train “made sudden jerks” as if it was about to make an abrupt stop Sunday morning.
The chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media said the train then made another abrupt stop. He said “everyone’s coffee was flying through the air,” and there was smoke and a smell as if the brakes were smoldering.
He said the most disconcerting thing was not knowing what was happening, as the PA system was knocked out and passengers were left to speculate for 20 or 25 minutes before anyone came back to tell them what had happened.
With all of his money he rides amtrak? a limousine is faster and more comfortable