She said the preventable accident put “a scarlet letter” on the town, causing home values to plummet and businesses to struggle.
both include it. He urged Congress to “swiftly act to improve the safety of our railroads” and said Norfolk Southern “must to everything in its power” to restore East Palestine to the way it was before the accident. He also said he’d like Norfolk Southern to establish a fund to help first responders in the future if they experience ill-effects from responding to the crash.
“We also believe that even one railcar of any hazardous material justifies notifying emergency responders, not 20, or more than 35 loaded tank cars, which could contain 1 million gallons of hazardous materials,” Homendy said. “As we have all seen in East Palestine, this cut-your-way-to-profit model is not sustainable and it is very, very dangerous,” Whitaker said.
“Improvements in safety are going to require an industry wide approach, which includes car owners, car builders, customers and railroads,” said Shaw, adding that many of components would be addressed in the legislation that Brown and Vance have introduced. He said it has already invested more than $24 million in East Palestine and the surrounding communities, and opened a family assistance center the day after the accident. He said the company has provided more than $10 million in aid to more than 6,000 families in affected areas, invested over $3 million in community relief funds and dedicated over $9 million to reimburse and support emergency responders and health and environmental agencies for costs related to the derailment.
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