zach snyder's wife becca confirming to abc news that her husband was killed when the passenger train went off the rails on saturday. >> oh my god. it's on its side. >> the train was derailing and i thought that was crazy. there's no way we could possible by will derailing. that's insane. >> reporter: the train heading from chicago to seattle with more than 150 people on board when it took a deadly turn near the town of joplin. eight of the train's ten cars derailing. several toppling to their sides in this remote area. >> the train's destroyed down there. >> reporter: first responders quickly arriving on the scene while passengers jumped into action to help rescue people trapped in the wreckage. >> about 120, 130 yards behind us was where the rest of the train was. >> reporter: daniel hutchinson and his son helping free multiple people after rocks blocked the escape route. >> one man was able to crawl out from under out of the gravel. we helped him up the ladder out of the car and down the ladder onto the ground to awaiting assistance down there. >> reporter: and now we're learning m

. >> reporter: zach snyder is one of the three who lost their lives.is wife somehow survived also killed in the crash two passengers dozens were injured. five hospitalized. with the ntsb piecing together saturday's crash, amtrak's empire builder was traveling west with two locomotives and ten cars on a fairly straight stretch of tracks. at least five cars suddenly derailed three plowing off the tracks entirely near joplin with more than 150 onboard, the train was equipped with positive train control, a safety feature that virtually prevents all derailments from human air. >> we'll be looking at the mechanical condition of the train. we will be looking at the human factors of the crew. we will be looking at the people who inspected the track. we will be looking at the track conditions. >> reporter: bnsf, who maintains the track, says the rail had just been inspected days earlier. tonight the widening probe for answers after a tragedy on the tracks >> and, miguel, we know from previous accidents that some of these trains are equipped with recorders, incl

. >> reporter: the three passengers killed have now been identified. 28-year-old zach snyder was withife who remarkably survived. don and margie varnadoe were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with a cross-country trip. >> they were two people of faith, so they're still together. >> reporter: the devastating wreck rattling the quiet town of joplin, as investigators work to make sense of the mangled metal. investigators are looking at two cameras, the first 80 seconds before the derailment. the second piece of video is from the actual derailment. investigators are going frame by frame to pick out critical evidence. craig? >> so sad. miguel in joplin. thank you. >>> let's get our first check of the weather. al is here good morning >> we have rough weather coming into the northeast showers now through western pennsylvania, 11 million people at risk. wind gusts of over 60 miles per hour tornado threat low, but damaging hail is a possibility from atlantic city down to charlottesville. this system will be pushing to the east this front drops down to the south. low pressure develops