GLOBAL CELEBRITY: Crash survivor John Phipps, with his wife, Leslie, became famous for writing I love Leslie. I love my kids in his blood on an overturned seat as he expected to die. (Allen J. Schaben / LAT)
MISSING DAD: Ashley and Brice McKeown put together a train set belonging to their father, Scott, a longtime railroad buff who was killed in the Jan. 26, 2005, crash. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
CHEATING DEATH: Wife Lynne Toby and son Colin with Steven Toby, who survived because his usual seat was occupied. (Francine Orr / LAT)
WIDOW: At the time of the accident, everything was cream-of-the-crop for us, Susan McKeown says. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
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RESCUERS: Mark Zavala, with fellow Costco employee Karen Mendoza, says: Im glad we were able to help people. Its a thing of the past, but Im not going to forget it. Never, ever. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
FATAL WRECK: Train 100, inbound from Ventura County, struck an SUV left on the tracks, derailed into a parked freight train, then jackknifed into Train 901, coming from Union Station. (Don Kelsen / LAT)