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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