Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter says officials now believe all passengers on the deadly Amtrak train have now been accounted for:
“I just received that final confirmation. We believe that we have now accounted for all 243 individuals on — that we believe were on Amtrak train number 188 from Tuesday night. All of the individuals that we believe that we were looking for or were trying to identify have all now been accounted for,” said Nutter.
“Unfortunately, again, we must now report that we have confirmed eight deceased from this horrible tragedy. Eight deceased from this horrible tragedy, but all individuals that we had any reason to believe were on that train have now been accounted for, and we know their whereabouts completely.”
