July 1
Janice Williams, mother of the deceased Cameron Taihi Williams, is consoled by Pastor James Silver as family and community members attend funeral services for her son at Bible Way Temple.
Marcus Yam-The Washington Post
July 1
A church member holds the funeral program emembering Cameron Taihi Williams as family and community members attend funeral services for Williams at Bible Way Temple in Washington, D.C.
Marcus Yam-The Washington Post
July 1
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Veronica DuBose to the cemetary Wednesday afternoon in Northwest D.C.
Kevin Clark-The Washington Post
July 1
Otis Williams talks with his, and DuBose's son, Raja Williams, 7, after the burial ceremony.
Kevin Clark-The Washington Post
July 1
Erwin DuBose says a final goodbye to his daughter after the ceremony.
Kevin Clark-The Washington Post
June 30
Family and friends gather to sing during the funeral service of LaVonda "Nikki" King on June 30, 2009, in Landover, Md.
Kevin Clark-The Washington Post
June 30
From left, Keonda King, Tawanda Brown and Delshonda King sign the casket during the funeral service of LaVonda "Nikki" King in Landover, Md. King, 23, was the youngest of the crash victims.
Kevin Clark-The Washington Post
June 30
From left, Alphonso King, father, Jose Bimbo, boyfriend, Emmanuel King, 2, son, Andre King and Tawanda Brown, mother, grieve during the funeral service of LaVonda "Nikki" King.
Kevin Clark-The Washington Post
June 30
From left, Brittany Brent, Keonda King, Jacqueline Ferguson and Jenell Wade say their goodbyes to LaVonda "Nikki" King.
Kevin Clark-The Washington Post
June 30
Soldiers salute at the interment service for Retired Major General David Wherley and his wife, Ann Wherley, at Arlington National Cemetery. The two died in the June 22 crash involving two Metro trains on the Red Line.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
June 30
Chaplains comfort the family during the service for Retired Major General David Wherley and his wife, Ann Wherley, at Arlington National Cemetery.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
June 30
A soldier plays taps during the service for the Wherleys. David Wherley was the retired commander of the District's National Guard troops.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
June 26
Jeanice McMillian's parents Gerald and Betty McMillan cradle Jeanice's son, Jordan McMillan, 19, during the service at Temple of Praise Church in Washington D.C.
Nancy Davidson-The Washington Post
June 26
Metro General Manager John B. Catoe sits next to D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty at the service for Jeanice McMillan at Temple of Praise Church in Washington D.C.
Linda Davidson-The Washington Post
June 26
Metro employees at the Jeanice McMillan service wore black armbands in her memory.
Linda Davidson-The Washington Post
June 26
Metro employee Carol L. Williams raises her hands and weeps during the memorial for Jeanice McMillan. The service was well attended by Metro employees as well as U.S. Postal service workers.
Linda Davidson-The Washington Post
June 26
Engine Company #4 fire fighter, Tony Carroll, prays during a interfaith service at Mother of God Catholic Church to remember the victims of the Metro train crash.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
June 26
Archbishop Donald Wuerl listens to the Emerald Society Pipe and Drum Band play the hymn Amazing Grace at an interfaith prayer service to remember the victims of the Metro train crash at St. Mary, Mother of God Church.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
June 26
Bert Geher holds rosary beads, as fire fighters exit the Metro crash memorial service at St. Mary, Mother of God Church in Washington D.C.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
June 26
Fire fighters from all over D.C. attend the service at St. Mary, Mother of God Church to remember the victims of the Metro train crash.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
June 25
Tawanda Brown of Upper Marlboro, mother of LaVonda "Nikki" King, 23, who died in the Metrorail crash, is comforted by Russell Brown, LaVonda's uncle, at a vigil at Kenilworth-Parkside Recreation Center in Northeast Washington. King's family and friends gathered to remember the young mother of two who had signed papers for a new business.
Linda Davidson-The Washington Post
June 25
A Metrorail train passes near the now cleared crash scene where flowers, in memory of the victims, have been placed on an overpass.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
June 25
Passengers board a morning train at the Fort Totten stop in Washington, as Metro reopened all Red Line stations for the first time since the accident.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
June 24
Wreckage from one of the Red Line trains involved in the crash lies on the tracks north of the Fort Totten Metrorail station.
Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post
June 24
Lauren Clark, 24, is comforted by Erwin DuBose, as she becomes emotional before identifying the body of accident victim Veronica DuBose. Dubose is Clark's cousin and Erwin's biological daughter.
Jahi Chikwendiu-The Washington Post
June 24
Metro workers dismantle the crashed rail car and load it onto a flatbed car.
Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post
June 24
Metro workers remove wreckage of the two Red Line trains in a clean-up effort, after Monday's crash.
Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post
June 24
Metro workers remove pieces of the crashed rail car.
Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post
June 24
The roof of the crashed rail car is fitted into a flat-bed car for removal.
Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post
June 24
Margot Rojas comforts Oscar Flores, her deceased best friend's husband, during a vigil at Ministerio Casa Dios Cristo El Rey in Hyattsville, Md.
Marcus Yam-The Washington Post
June 23
Pastor Habemmer Mejia prays to comfort Sergio Fernandez, the late Ana Fernandez's son. Both her sons, Victor, 11, and Sergio, 10, attended a vigil in Hyattsville, Md., to mourn their mother who lost her life in the recent train accident.
Marcus Yam-The Washington Post
June 23
Oscar Flores, husband of the deceased Ana Fernandez, raises his arms during a vigil at Ministerio Casa Dios Cristo El Rey in Hyattsville, Md., for his late wife.
Marcus Yam-The Washington Post
June 23
Allysen Kennedy, 7, takes a picture of her father, William Kennedy (not pictured) and his rescue squad colleagues as her brother, Andrew Kennedy, 9, looks on. William Kennedy's team was the first was the first to respond to the derailment of a Red Line train between Takoma Park and Fort Totten.
Marcus Yam-The Washington Post
June 23
Councilmen Michael Brown (from left) and Jim Graham, Metro General Manager John Catoe, Mayor Adrian Fenty, Police Chief Cathy Lanier, and Fire Chief Dennis Rubin provide fresh information and address reporters questions at a Tuesday evening news conference at the site of the train crash.
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post
June 23
Firefighter William Kennedy of Engine 26, who was one of the first responders to the derailment, shares a private moment with his son, Andrew Kennedy, 9, before the press conference. Because the crash happened between stations, his crew had to haul heavy cutting equipment 150 yards down the tracks to free the most entrapped victims.
Marcus Yam-The Washington Post
June 23
Investigators work to catalog and remove debris from the scene of the two-train crash.
Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post
June 23
Firefighter Bill Whetzel, Rescue 2, stands with his fellow first responders. Emergency personnel initially focused on fire suppression, but once that was found to be unnecessary, quickly moved to triage and evacuating the injured.
Marcus Yam-The Washington Post
June 23
National Transportation Safety Board investigator, Debbie Hersman, Mayor Adrian Fenty, D.C. Fire Chief Dennis Rubin, and FBI Assistant Director Joseph Persichini, Jr. address the press at a news conference on Tuesday, when the NTSB officially took over the crash site from the fire department.
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post
June 23
Metro employee Gwendolyn Coleman, right, is comforted by colleague Romina Porahoo following the memorial service for crash victims
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
June 23
Videographers record the action as work continues at the site where two Metro trains collided yesterday evening between Ft. Totten and Takoma Park stations. Nine were killed and dozens were injured.
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post
Juen 23
Metro Center Station during the early morning rush hour saw normal to lighter-than-normal traffic after the deadly Red Line Metro accident.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
June 23
Archbishop Donald Wuerl leads a service at Metro headquarters to pray for those killed or injured in the accident.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
June 23
Metro Transit Authority employees clean up the wreckage of the red line metro derailment between Takoma Park and Fort Totten.
Marcus Yam-The Washington Post
June 23
People gather to hear Archbishop Donald Wuerl lead the prayer service at Metro headquarters for those killed or injured in the accident.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
June 23
Officials watch as work on the crash site continues.
Bill O'leary-The Washington Post
June 23
Metro Center Station remains crowded during rush hour, even the morning after the deadly Red Line Metro accident. However, the below-ground mood is solemn.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
June 23
Officials continue to work around the scene of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington, D.C.
Marcus Yam-The Washington Post
June 23
Joanne Harrison, 47, made a card for her friend and neighbor, Jeanice McMillan, 42. McMillan was the Metro operator who died when her train rear-ended a parked train. Evidence shows that McMillan applied the train's emergency brakes, attempting to stop it before her train collided with the one in front of it.
Tracy A Woodward-The Washington Post
June 23
Metro commuters use shuttle buses operating from Silver Spring to Glenmont and Rhode Island Ave.
Andrea Bruce-The Washington Post
June 23
WMATA service workers direct Metro riders to shuttle buses in Silver Spring that took them around the Metro crash site. Michael Bailey, right, directs Rebecca Slazinski to the nearest shuttle.
Andrea Bruce-The Washington Post
June 23
CNN reporters, from left, Sandra Endo and Jeanne Meserve report from the media cluster near the train accident.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
June 23
Mayor Adrian Fenty, right, speaks to the media after surveying the crash site of the Metrorail trains, as D.C. Fire Chief Dennis Rubin, left, and Metro General Manager John Cato look on.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
June 23
Maya Maroto was on the third train car from the front of the moving train. She was thrown out of her seat by the impact but survived with minor bruises. She said rescue personnel arrived about 15 minutes after the impact and passengers were instructed to go through the cars away from the area of impact to exit the train.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
June 22
Marcie Pacchus rides the Red Line after being released from George Washington University Hospital. She was rescued from the Metro accident, which was also on the Red Line. "I have to take a train to go home," said Pacchus while waiting for another train.
Marcus Yam-The Washington Post
June 22
Metro officials said the two trains were headed in the same direction, when one rear-ended the other around 5 p.m.
James M. Thresher-For The Washington Post
June 22
Emergency personnel remove one of the wounded after the accident, which was the deadliest in the transit system's 33-year history.
Hans Charles-For The Washington Post
June 22
The female operator of the trailing train was among those who died in the accident.
Toni L. Sandys-The Washington Post
June 22
D.C. Fire and Emergency Service workers remained on the scene for hours after the crash.
James M. Thresher-The Washington Post
June 22
D.C. fire Sgt. Chris Holmes leaves the scene of the crash with his dog Cazo.
Toni L. Sandys-The Washington Post
June 22
Firefighters and other emergency personnel swarm around the wreckage of the two trains.
Hans Charles-For The Washington Post
June 22
Medical personnel transfer rescue equipment onto the train and remove a casualty.
Bill O'leary-The Washington Post
June 22
D.C. firefighters responded quickly to the crash. Two were injured while helping rescue crash victims.
Toni L. Sandys-The Washington Post
June 22
It was third Metro collision in the past 15 years. The most recent was in November 2004 in which 20 riders were hurt.
Toni L. Sandys-The Washington Post
June 22
Passengers who climbed out of the wreckage described a violent, shuddering crash when one Red Line train collided with another that had been stopped on the tracks.
James M. Thresher-For The Washington Post
June 22
Rescue workers rush victims to area hospitals.
William Wan-The Washington Post
June 22
Lt. Mike Baker took the lead as EMS Supervisor on the scene.
Toni L. Sandys-The Washington Post
June 22
More than 70 people were injured in the crash on Monday night, including six in critical care.
Bill O'leary-The Washington Post
June 22
Mayor Adrian Fenty and other D.C. officials held two press conferences on Tuesday announcing the fatalities and reporting provisions that Metro will make in response to the crash.
Toni L. Sandys-The Washington Post
June 22
D.C. Fire Department employees worked on the scene of the crash late into the night.
Toni L. Sandys-The Washington Post
June 22
Officials pledged to continue searching the wreckage until they were satisfied that all the victims -- living and dead -- had been recovered.
Toni L. Sandys-The Washington Post
June 22
The crash had a substantial impact on the Metro system on Tuesday. Some Red Line stations were closed and trains operated at lower speeds.
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post
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Producers, Photo Editors Stephen Cook, Chris Dunn
Text Editor Channing Turner
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