Alec Baldwin
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Podcast Appearances
There were so many lives at risk.
And when Randall Miller is put in the hot seat, he tries to pass the buck.
You didn't ask CSX how many trains were coming down that truss, did you?
The train comes through the set at about 58 miles per hour.
A camera mounted on the locomotive shows the crew on the trestle had a lot less time than they thought to get off the tracks.
26 seconds before impact, the engineer starts to blare the horn continuously as members of the cast and crew try to flee the safety.
Three seconds before impact, it's too late to get the bed off the tracks.
William Hurt and Wyatt Russell, the actors along with two crew members are scrambling just to make it off the trestle.
One second before impact, people cover their ears.
They're clinging to the bridge for their lives because the bed on impact becomes a deadly weapon.
The train hits the bed and the bed flies up and apparently a portion of the hospital bed strikes Sarah and pushes her into the train.
There were several injuries on that track that day.
It wasn't just the death of Sarah, but there were seven people injured.
Joyce Skeliard, the hairstylist, she needed a plate and ten screws put in just to reconstruct her arm.
because of someone else's negligence.
It wasn't simply the accident.
I don't think I have to explain what it feels like to suddenly be a little more afraid of everything.