Norfolk Southern CEO a no-show at town hall meeting to discuss derailment

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The CEO of Norfolk Southern did not attend an East Palestine, Ohio, town hall meeting where concerned residents detailed their health symptoms and grilled officials on why they have not been relocated away from the derailment site.

Darrell Wilson, assistant vice president of government relations for Norfolk Southern, joined several other federal and local officials for Thursday's meeting.before the crowd began yelling questions at him.

Wilson attempted to explain Norfolk Southern's recovery and cleanup plan following the Feb. 3 derailment, but he was bombarded with questions."The chemicals in the atmosphere could be affecting people differently so people that have symptoms they shouldn't be dismissed, they should be looked at and they shouldn't be here. I want to know why we were allowed to come home and why we haven't been removed from here," the resident said.

The 150-car Norfolk Southern Railway train was traveling from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, when it crashed in East Palestine, a small community near the Pennsylvania border, on Feb. 3.

 

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Citizen Buttigie nor any other government representative attend the town hall meeting in E Palestine to answer citizens question, seems there is plenty of blaming going around but no acceptance of responsibility.

Waste of time and unproductive to go. Just a screaming fest.

Sounds like a misstep. Their CEO sold stock to create a scholarship fund for them before addressing the health concerns.

Why would he go? Another check to DeWine and he go on pretending nothing happened. DeWine is BoughtAndPaidFor

Just another no-show. We can see the importance that is being given to people who are in need.

Shouldn't such dangerous toxins be in much safer rail cars designed to stay intact in case of a derailment? Why isn't anyone asking this question? Where those chemicals in the proper rail cars?

Who cares !

'We're sorry' but die anyways and reduce the surplus population....

Don´t worry East Palestine Residents, Mayor Pete is there 2 help u ...

Why is there a place called East Palestine in Ohio? Why are there multiple places called Moscow in America? Who decides these things?

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