A seventh person has been found dead in the aftermath of the Amtrak train derailment on Tuesday night.
Philadelphia Fire Department Executive Chief Clifford Gilliam says the body was found Wednesday as crews combed through the mangled train.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter will provide an update at 2:15 p.m. at the site of the crash.
Among the confirmed dead are a Navy midshipman and an Associated Press staffer.
Both President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have released statements.
“Along the Northeast Corridor, this is a tragedy that affects us all,” said Obama, in a release from the White House. “Philadelphia is known as the city of brotherly love — a city of neighborhoods and neighbors — and that spirit of loving-kindness was reaffirmed last night as hundreds of first responders and passengers lent a hand to their fellow human being.”
Biden, who frequently rode Amtrak from Washington, D.C. to Wilmington, Delaware when he was Senator said he was “deeply saddened.”
“I’ve come to know the conductors, engineers, and other regulars — men and women riding home to kiss their kids good night,” he said in a statement.
