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Perhaps worth mentioning...some links and background:

The morning following the derailment,

• Fox and Friends interviewed a surviving passenger on the Amtrak derailment, NJ Police Officer identified as Michael Keene.

  Keene was lauded by other survivors as a passenger turned heroic rescuer on that derailed Amtrak train.

  Not discussed further but worthy of mentioning again, this officer specifically stated he was returning home from DC having attended certain events related to honoring our nation's law enforcement officers as described online:

  National Officer Safety And Wellness Awards To Be Presented At Chairman's Dinner Event During National Police Week Washington, May 12, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Late last year, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and BJA's VALOR officer safety initiative, launched the Destination Zero Project to highlight agency-level achievements in the area of officer safety and wellness. The primary objective of the program is to drive down causal factors that kill and injure law enforcement officers, and to help officers live safer, happier, healthier lives. The result of this project will culminate with presentation of the inaugural National Officer Safety and Wellness Awards at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's annual Chairman's Dinner on Tuesday, May 12, 2015.

  Begs the question...given the current politically charged 'anti-police' climate...were these 'police related' events and the timing of attending officers departure via Amtrak, merely coincidence - given multiple reports of 'projectiles' reaching trains travelling in that same location ?

  Partial transcript from Fox & Friends video clip mentioned above:

  Fox&Friends: 'It's My Job' Heroic Police Officer Reacts After Helping Train Crash Victims

• 2:57 Steve Ducie:

  I understand you had just gotten on the train at Philadelphia's 30th street station. Why were you in Wa....why were you down there?

• 3:05 Michael Keane:

  I was actually ..I was coming home, I got on the train at Washington DC. I was in Washington over the weekend. I took part in the Police Unity Tour [link].

  We arrived at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial[link] yesterday morning and I was on my way home from there.

• Projectile Hit SEPTA Train Minutes Before Amtrak Derailment in Philadelphia

  SEPTA officials say there is no connection between the two.

• Heavy.com: Brandon Bostian, Amtrak Engineer: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

  [See Point 3]

  3. The Train May Have Been Struck By Something Before the Crash

  which discusses twitter feeds with mentions of multiple trains with projectile contact

• NTSB: Assistant to conductor says she heard him say a PROJECTILE HIT train moments before DERAILMENT

• SEPTA, Amtrak trains hit by projectiles minutes before fatal crash

  Just before Tuesday's deadly Amtrak derailment, both a SEPTA commuter train and another Amtrak train in the same corridor were hit by projectiles, one which crashed through the engineer's window.

  An Amtrak spokesman could not be reached regarding Amtrak Acela Train 2173, which passengers said was struck by a projectile at about 9:10 p.m. according to a SEPTA spokeswoman, who said there is no indication the incident is connected to the derailment, which happened at about 9:30 p.m.

[American Constitutionalist]

The NTSB just came out stating that during communications between the engineer and the dispatcher shows there is NO evidence that the engineer mentioned anything about projectiles hitting the train.

Perhaps his lawyer concocted that story line after hearing about reports of “ other “ trains being hit by projectiles.