as i was saying before, you can be. >> reporter: that's because reginald osbourne was staring right at this, a heavily damaged window. there he is last night sitting just inches from the severely cracked glass. he's talking only to eyewitness news. had anything come through, you would have been hit? >> yes. >> reporter: amtrak confirms the sudden startling incident unfolded here about 8 miles north of downtown philadelphia. train number 2222 was barreling through this area just before something hit it. officials now believe that projectile was a rock. >> when it hit, it was sort of a thump. it almost sounded like somebody had slammed down a tray table really hard or dropped a stack of books. >> taylor was sitting two rows in front of reginald. both tell me all of this brings back awful memories of this horrific derailment last may. 8 people died that day. some 200 others were injured. it happened in the same area as last night ice incident. >> i'm nervous to ride the amtrak after what happened last time. i think they haven't made a lot of improvements to the amtrak for a long time, and

reginald osbourne of new york is the man in this photograph. >> it cracked it. it didn't shatter it but you could see where it was just -- like it left an imprint of like a bullet. >> the train was carrying 201 people from washington to new york city. fortunately nobody was hurt. the train stopped in new jersey for an inspection before continuing on to new york. >>> the national transportation safety board today released an enormous amount of information about last may's crash of an amtrak train in philadelphia. eight people were killed, hundreds were hurt when the train derailed at frankford junction on may 12th. but the question is how much did the disclosures today really help us understand what happened? "action news" reporter john rawlins is live in philadelphia. john. >> reporter: well, jim, a quick read of the data would indicate that it would rule out any technical or mechanical problem in this crash. so, the focus remains on the engineer. at first he had no recollection of that critical time when the train accelerated to a dangerously high speed. six mo

reginald osbourne of harlem is the man in this photo.e was sitting right next to the broken window. >> it cracked it. it didn't shatter it but you could see where it was just -- like it left an imprint of like a bullet. >> reporter: amtrak told us today that the train car windows are reinforced to meet the specifications of the federal railroad administration's regulations. at 30th street station today, riders said they consider the train safe and such incidents are not something that will keep them from riding the rails. >> you really can can't live your life worried about such things and the probability of things happening like that tend to be so small, i do feel very safe. >> that are things that are just out of everyone's control so hopefully people understand that and don't cause too much of a fuss. >> reporter: now, the passengers who were on the train last night told us the conductors on board explained to them that this does happen from time to time, that things are thrown at passing trains. acela 2222 stopped at the metro park s