{"id":140306,"date":"2017-12-19T03:36:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T08:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=140306"},"modified":"2017-12-19T03:36:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T08:36:26","slug":"commuters-rush-to-amtrak-train-wreckage-to-help-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/19\/commuters-rush-to-amtrak-train-wreckage-to-help-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"Commuters rush to Amtrak train wreckage to help survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_140311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140311\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/640px-Amtrak_Cascades_passing_Sounder_at_Everett_Station_18345447693_cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-140311\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/640px-Amtrak_Cascades_passing_Sounder_at_Everett_Station_18345447693_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"The train was pushed by a P42DC locomotive, similar to this one. The pushing locomotive was the only part of the train to not derail. (Photo By SounderBruce from Seattle, United States - Amtrak Cascades passing Sounder at Everett Station, CC BY-SA 2.0)\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/640px-Amtrak_Cascades_passing_Sounder_at_Everett_Station_18345447693_cropped.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/640px-Amtrak_Cascades_passing_Sounder_at_Everett_Station_18345447693_cropped-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The train was pushed by a P42DC locomotive, similar to this one. The pushing locomotive was the only part of the train to not derail. (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=64898517\">Photo By SounderBruce from Seattle, United States &#8211; Amtrak Cascades passing Sounder at Everett Station, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DUPONT, Wash. &#8212; Commuters and emergency workers alike rushed to help survivors when an Amtrak passenger train derailed south of Seattle and hurtled off an overpass to the busy highway below.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say 80 passengers and five crew members were on board the train Monday morning when it derailed near DuPont, Washington. Authorities say at least three people were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Military personnel from the nearby Joint Base Lewis-McChord and local authorities worked alongside commuters responding to the derailment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUPONT, Wash. &#8212; Commuters and emergency workers alike rushed to help survivors when an Amtrak passenger train derailed south of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":140311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[39659,39660,39661,9891,362],"class_list":["post-140306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-amtrak","tag-dupont","tag-joint-base-lewis-mcchord","tag-seattle","tag-washington","mauthors-rachel-la-corte","mauthors-sally-ho","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}