public safety and deputy mayor for administration and coordination and our city representative desiree peter bell and the nationally recognized the director of emergency management sam phillips and our director sam resnick, this team city state and federal partners working in collaboration and coordination made what could have been an even greater tragedy a life saving miracle here in our city. so i want to thank all of them and express appreciation for our work, their cooperation and their support, state senator tina is with us today but expressed her concern for the families. city councilman bobby hehan communicated on a regular basis we have numerous members of congress congress, two u.s. senators, casey and toomey. congressman bob brady and brendon boyle and visitors from outside of philadelphia or pennsylvania members of congress from both parties to see not only the tragedy but to inform their work in the congress for issues of safety and infrastructure support with regards to amtrak. this is a massive efforts and it's been painful. as we are already reported, there were seven deceased indi