A Baltimore family is desperately searching for a loved one after he went missing in the Amtrak train derailment Tuesday night in Philadelphia, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Bob Gildersleeve Jr., a vice president of sales for Ecolab, reportedly boarded the train from Baltimore to New York for a business trip, according to Philly.com.
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According to his son, Gildersleeve Jr. usually traveled by plane, but this time, he decided the train would be more convenient.
The Gildersleeve family rushed to Philadelphia when they heard of the crash. When they had no luck searching local hospitals, they went to the Marriott at 12th and Market streets in Center City, where the families of the missing gathered. There, they handed out handmade fliers with Gildersleeve's photo and description.
In a video, Gildersleeve's 13-year-old son holds up a photo of his father.
"My name is Marc Gildersleeve," he says. "Please help me find my dad, and if you know any information, please call."
The missing man's father, Bob Gildersleeve Sr., also handed out fliers and asked for help finding his son.
“The anxiety in the not knowing — not that anyone is holding back information — but it is really frustrating the information that is coming to us,” Gildersleeve Sr. told the Wall Street Journal.
“We’re talking about a half a dozen people dead, 200 people injured, a train making its way around the track at 100 miles an hour when it should have been doing 50. This is crazy and it’s happening all too often.”
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact police at (215) 686-3243.