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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo regarded on CNN’s New Day to talk about the day gone by’s Metro North educate derailment that left four lifeless and virtually 70 injured—and spoke to his brother, host Chris Cuomo in regards to the rescue efforts, the investigation into the lead to, and the challenge to get the train line again up via the top of the week.
Governor Cuomo unique the problem of putting off the overturned vehicles from the area, and stated he had no concerns in regards to the safety of the track.
“[NTSB] said there were three options,” Governor Cuomo mentioned. “Primary, it was a problem with the observe; number two, tools error, this rumor that the brakes on the train didn’t work; or, quantity three, is just an operator error. At this level on the monitor, there’s a flip. It’s a sharp turn, however it’s no longer on the subject of the flip. The flip has been right here for many years. Trains negotiate the flip all day. So it’s now not about the flip. Something else had to occur. We wish to find out what it’s.”
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The governor delivered that the tips from the black bins was once obtainable, and would assist to narrow the reason for the crash.
“If there is any excellent news in this situation, it’s that it was once on a Sunday, it used to be on an early educate, there are about one hundred to a hundred and fifty individuals on the teach,” Governor Cuomo mentioned. “If it had been a Monday morning, if it had been right through the workweek, you might have had multiples of that number on the educate. My guess is you possibly can have had multiples in relation to casualties and demise. To the extent that you could say it may possibly have been worse, that’s the best way it will probably were worse.”
“But to lose 4 New Yorkers right through the vacation season, these are 4 people who left for work in the morning, they were going to the town to experience New York City for the day they usually just don’t come home again. So the tragedy of it and the pain of it—all New Yorkers must needless to say the folks we misplaced and the families who’re actually struggling as of late on account of this situation.”
Watch the clip under, by the use of CNN:
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