Norfolk Southern announces $300,0000 for the East Palestine school district three weeks after its train derailed in the community. The company says it is also reimbursing the fire department roughly $825,000 for its equipment.
The money for the school district is to support "academics, athletics, extra-curricular activities, and its long-term contingency planning regarding the impacts of the derailment," according to the company.
This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.Although officials declared the town safe to play sports, East Palestine high school girls' basketball opponent forfeited a sectional playoff game rather than play in East Palestine after some concerns about player safety.
The company's CEO Alan Shaw renewed his commitment to help generate revenue for the town, which sits on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. It comes just a week or so after Norfolk Southern gave all residents a $1,000 "inconvenience check" andAside from the $1 million for a community liaison -- a one-year gig in which one of its local railroaders who lives in East Palestine will stay for ongoing recovery efforts -- there is $3.4 million in direct financial assistance to families; $1 million for a community assistance fund and $220,000 reimbursement to fund new equipment for first responders.
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