BREAKING NEWS: Angry Ohio residents confront Norfolk Southern at train derailment town hall: 'Please get our people out'
"We are going to test until we can get all the contamination gone, alright? But we are sorry, and we do care," he said.
But Wilson’s assurances appeared to have a limited effect on those attending the town hall meeting Thursday night. A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, after a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains on Feb. 6, 2023."It’s not safe here sir, we are sick. I don’t want your money," one man told Norfolk Southern representatives.
"We are not imagining this. This is not something we asked for, sir. I am begging you by the grace of God please get our people out of here," he added.
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