Tag: East Palestine Train Derailment

Man Finds Undetonated Blasting Cap on Property 1.4 Miles From Norfolk Southern’s Controlled Toxic Chemical Burn

Like many residents who live within a few miles of Norfolk Southern Railway’s Feb. 3 train derailment, Jerry Corbin evacuated before the railroad decided to conduct a controlled burn of five freight cars containing the toxic vinyl chloride on Feb. 6. When he returned to his home in Darlington Township, Pennsylvania—around 1.4 miles from the…


Man Finds Undetonated Blasting Cap on Property 1.4 Miles From Ohio Derailment Controlled Toxic Chemical Burn

Like many residents who live within a few miles of Norfolk Southern Railway’s Feb. 3 train derailment, Jerry Corbin evacuated before the railroad decided to conduct a controlled burn of five freight cars containing the toxic vinyl chloride on Feb. 6. When he returned to his home in Darlington Township, Pennsylvania—around 1.4 miles from the…


‘It Is a Miracle’ No Lives Were Lost in Ohio Derailment: Rep. Bill Johnson

Divine intervention is what prevented any loss of life from the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio, according to Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio). “I mean, it is a miracle,” Johnson told NTD News, The Epoch Times’ sister outlet, on Monday, Feb. 20. “It is absolutely by the grace of…


Norfolk Southern CEO Says He Would Return to East Palestine if He Lived There

If his family had a house in the eastern Ohio village where a Norfolk Southern Railway train derailed, sending toxic chemicals into the air and ground, the rail company’s CEO said he would return home. When asked by a reporter during a TV interview on Feb. 21 if he’d bring his children back to East…


EPA Administrator to Return to Ohio’s Toxic Train Crash Site on Feb. 21

Less than a week after visiting East Palestine, where he told reporters that “we’re trusting the science” and that he would let his children drink the water there if testing showed it was safe, EPA administrator Michael S. Regan is returning to the eastern Ohio village that continues to recover from the aftermath of a…


Scrutiny Over Buttigieg’s Response to Toxic Ohio Train Derailment Continues

Under scrutiny for what Republicans and Democrats are calling a slow response to the fiery Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment on Feb. 3 in eastern Ohio, Secretary of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sent a letter on Feb. 19 to the railroad’s CEO demanding that the company “demonstrate unequivocal support for the people” of East Palestine as…


Norfolk Southern CEO Visits Site of Ohio Toxic Train Crash

Vowing that “our company will be working tirelessly every day to get East Palestine back on its feet as soon as possible,” Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw visited the eastern Ohio village where his company’s train derailed on Feb. 3, sending toxic chemicals into the air and onto the ground. “I am here to support…


Biden Administration Facing Criticism for Ohio Toxic Train Derailment Response

Facing scrutiny from Republicans and Democrats for what critics are calling a slow response to the Feb. 3 toxic train derailment in East Palestine, the Biden administration on Feb. 17 announced it would send more help to the eastern Ohio village after pleas from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Sen. J.D.Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)…


Ohio Gov. DeWine Responds to JD Vance’s Video of Contaminated Creek Near Toxic Train Derailment

Standing at Leslie Run Creek in East Palestine, the Ohio village that is dealing with the aftermath of a toxic train derailment on Feb. 3, Sen. J.D. Vance (R–Ohio) released a video that showed him taking a stick and scraping the bottom of the shallow creek. Rainbow-colored substances rose to the surface. “There are dead…


FEMA Will Dispatch Team to Ohio Town Dealing With Aftermath of Toxic Train Derailment

A day after alerting Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine that the Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine does not qualify for an emergency declaration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced it will send a team to the eastern Ohio village dealing with the disaster’s aftermath. In a joint statement on…