Hundreds of residents in East Palestine, Ohio, packed into their first town hall meeting after a Bomb Train carrying hazardous materials derailed there last week. Norfolk Southern did not show up to the meeting.
Thank you so much. I just want to thank your program for the coverage that you have done. We really appreciate it. Yes, things have been rapidly evolving over the last 48 hours. As you know, Norfolk Southern put out a statement they were not coming to the meeting. They cited their employees’ safety. They made to our local news station a statement that said that they were concerned that residents would basically cause physical harm to their employees, and so they weren’t going to come.
We found out over the last 48 hours that there are several cities south of the site that are experiencing chemicals in their water, two of which—the butyl—I’m going to pronounce it wrong—but one of the chemicals in particular was in Steubenville, Ohio’s water. They are an hour south, like over 60 miles south of East Palestine. Toronto, Ohio, the same, south of them. In Moundsville, West Virginia, which is in the panhandle, they had pictures of the river turning turquoise from the chemicals.
Norfolk Southern just came out this morning on our local news program, and an employee was interviewed and we found out that the train that derailed in East Palestine was broke down in Madison, Illinois, on February 1st. And they believe the train was broke down because the contents were too heavy that it was carrying. Norfolk Southern apparently was warned by employees that that train was too heavy and something like this could happen. So they were having issues with the train anyway.
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