. >> on september 20, 1993, trudy justin and her husband, larry, boarded the sunset limited in deming, new mexico, headed for florida. >> and i could sit there and look and talk to other people, but the best part is going to the dining car. we went to the dining car three times a day. and you just trot back there and they were really nice to you. >> after dinner, trudy and larry returned to their seats to rest. the train stopped briefly in new orleans to fix a broken air conditioner. by 2:30 a.m., it was running about 33 minutes behind schedule. it stopped in mobile, alabama, where the engineer waited until a freight train cleared the bridge up ahead. then, the sunset limited started on the last leg of its trip, 750 miles to miami. the train throttled up to a cruising speed of 72 miles an hour, but visibility was hindered by fog. shortly before 3:00 a.m., the sunset limited approached the bayou canot bridge. in a matter of seconds, the train's three engines and next four cars plummeted into the water. the engine's fuel tanks ruptured igniting the diesel fuel. >> then the people start