People tell of children vomiting in the days after the derailment, and of dead fish littering area streams. They're deeply skeptical of assurances that the air and water are safe.
NEW!Gregory and Traci Mascher have deep roots in East Palestine, a blue-collar community near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border where a Norfolk Southern train derailed Feb. 3 and began leaking chemicals.
“I am just devastated because him and I are born and raised in this town. I know every sidewalk,” she said, sobbing. “It’s just very sad to me. I just don’t think it’s ever going to be OK.” Traffic was steady through the downtown late last week, and the McDonald’s and Circle K gas station did brisk business.
Officials suspect a brake fire caused the derailment. A fire immediately erupted, drawing out residents who filmed the flames and smoke plume visible over rooftops a mile away. “They feel like we’re being asked to roll over, like the town is disposable,” she said. “And we’re not.”The Biden administration, under pressure that it was not doing enough for East Palestine, last week said it had immediately sent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency teams to the site and now plans to send officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Gia DeLisio stands with her husband Brandon Wylie and their 3-year-old son Jude Wylie outside their home Thursday, February 17, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. Sally Maxson | Special to PennLive Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw released a letter Thursday vowing that the company “will stay here as long as it takes to ensure your safety and to help East Palestine recover and thrive.”
The three granddaughters who do live with him and his wife developed red rashes the weekend after the derailment, he said, and family members have periodically experienced watery eyes and burning in their noses whenever they’re back in town Todd’s husband worked as a fry cook in Chippewa Township, Pa., just a short drive east over the border, while she stayed home taking care of their son and pursuing a second master’s degree online.
Within 15 minutes of getting home, Todd said both she and her husband began having breathing issues and headaches. After an hour, both were lightheaded and dizzy. Just a few miles down Route 170 from Todd’s home is the town of Negley, where resident Cathy Reese said dead fish littered Leslie Run, which flows from East Palestine, in the days after the derailment. Environmental agencies have estimated that 3,500 fish were killed.
Reese said they have requested a government well water test but haven’t gotten a response yet. While they wait, they’re using bottled water for everything except showering.
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