At least seven people were killed Tuesday when an Amtrak train traveling between Washington, D.C., and New York City derailed in Philadelphia.
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Here's what we know about those who lost their lives in the crash.
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Midshipman Justin Zemser, 20
U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Justin Zemser was traveling home to Rockaway Beach in New York on Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 when the crash occurred.
The Naval Academy said it was “deeply saddened” to report the news, but did not release Zemser's name. His mother, Susan Zemser, confirmed to ABC News that her only son had been killed in the derailment.
Zemser was in his second year at the Naval Academy after having graduated in 2013 from Beach Channel High School, where he served as student government president, according to NavySports.com.
The Jewish student had recently traveled to Israel with Naval Academy classmates for a spring break holiday.
Zemser was also a talented football player, and was profiled by ESPN as a possible college recruit. The wide-receiver captained his high school team in 2011 and 2012. He was also a first-year member of the Navy's Sprint Football team where he played under jersey No. 83.
Jim Gaines, 48
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Associated Press employee James “Jim” Gaines was returning home to Plainsboro, New Jersey, when the Amtrak train crashed, the news agency announced Monday.
The video software engineer originally from Princeton, New Jersey, and father of two had been in Washington, D.C., for meetings.
Dr. Herbert Cushing of Temple University Hospital said Gaines died in the hospital.
Gaines had worked for the AP since 1998 and was described by the company as “a key factor in nearly all of the news agency's video initiatives, including a service providing live video to hundreds of clients worldwide.”
He was awarded the AP's “Geek of the Month” prize in May 2012 for his “tireless dedication and contagious passion” to technological innovation, according to the news agency, and was a member of a team that won the AP Chairman's Prize in 2006 for developing its online video network.
Gaines is survived by his wife, Jacqueline, and two children, 16-year-old Oliver and 11-year-old Anushka.
Abid Gilani
Abid Gilani, an executive with Wells Fargo, was among the Amtrak victims, a bank spokesperson confirmed to BuzzFeed News.
“It is with great sadness that Wells Fargo confirms that Abid Gilani, a valued member of our Commercial Real Estate division, has passed away,” Communications Manager Elise Wilkinson said.
Wilkinson said Gilani had been with the bank for two years.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Gilani was based in New York City and had previously worked for the Marriott International hotel group.
His profile states that he studied at Canada's University of Saskatchewan and Laurentian University.
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Missing: Rachel Jacobs, 39
Rachel Jacobs, the CEO of Philadelphia-based online learning company ApprenNet, was reported missing by her company after the crash.
“We called, texted and emailed her right when crash happened, because we knew she was on the train,” ApprenNet COO Emily Foote told Philly Mag. “I went to the hospitals last night and she wasn’t in any of them. I went to the churches and schools where people are being sheltered, and we still can’t find her.”
Jacobs, 39, joined the company in March of this year but was still commuting between Philadelphia and her home in Manhattan, according to an April interview she did with Technically Philly.
She is married and has an infant son.
“We are just frantic waiting to hear news from my daughter,” her mother, Gilda Jacobs, told the New York Daily News.
She had previously served as vice president of strategy and business development for Ascend Learning, according to ApprenNet.
She also founded Detroit Nation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping startup companies in her hometown.
Missing: Bob Gildersleeve, 45
Bob Gildersleeve, Ecolab's vice president of corporate accounts in North America for institutional business, was reported missing by his family following the Amtrak crash.
The Baltimore-based executive and father of two was traveling to New York City for meetings, his sister told reporters.
Ecolab spokesman Roman Blahoski told BuzzFeed News Gildersleeve had a ticket for the train and had not made contact since the crash.
“We're concerned about his well-being and are hoping for the best,” Blahoski said.
Blahoski said Gildersleeve, 45, had been with the food services hygiene company for 22 years.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Gildersleeve previously studied at Florida International University, where he received a bachelor's degree in hospitality management, as well as the Culinary Institute of America in New York.
Speaking to a Philadelphia Daily News reporter, his 13-year-old son, Marc, pleaded for information on his missing father.
This is a developing story and more information will be added as it becomes available.
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