1.   Fire fighters climbed over the wreckage to reach trapped passengers, as did medical personnel, some of whom were flown to the scene by helicopter.

2.   The police guided trapped passengers from subway tunnels.

3.   The trapped passengers were outraged and the incident attracted much news coverage, which in turn attracted many camera-and-microphone-addicted politicians.

4.   All trapped passengers were freed.

5.   Dozens of rescue workers in helmets and yellow jackets climbed around the wreckage prying apart crumpled metal and shifting seats to free trapped passengers.

6.   Hampered by heavy rain, rescue workers used metal cutters to free trapped passengers.

7.   Reporters who arrived at the scene eight hours after the accident saw no large-scale operation underway to rescue any trapped passengers.

8.   Police said seven were dead and all trapped passengers had been freed.

9.   Rescue workers used saws and blowtorches to free trapped passengers.

10.   Rescue workers spent hours Friday afternoon prying apart the pileup at the front of the express to free trapped passengers.