Published February 17, 2024
President Joe Biden made his long-awaited visit to East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday for a quick two hours, before jetting off to the beach in Delaware, his most-frequented weekend vacation spot.
Over a year ago, a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, spilling toxic chemicals into the community. Following the disaster, Biden promised on Feb. 3, 2023, that “at some point” he would visit the town. More than a year after promising to take the visit, Biden stopped in the community for two hours, meeting with officials, first responders and giving an address on the disaster. (
“Let me be clear, while there are acts of God, this was an act of greed that was 100% preventable,” Biden said during his Friday remarks. “Let me say it again. An act of greed that was 100% preventable. We were pushing railroads to take more precautions, to deal with breaking, to deal with a whole range of things that were not dealt with. Norfolk Southern failed its responsibility.”
Biden met with East Palestine first responders, business owners and East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway during his visit to the area.
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SOURCE: www.dailycaller.com
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Portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the night before burn in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023.
Published February 16, 2024
The Norfolk Southern train derailment that sent toxins into the soil, water and air of East Palestine, Ohio, was an “act of greed,” President Joe Biden said Friday as he visited the town for the first time.
Describing the crash as “an act of cruelty that was 100% preventable,” Biden said the administration had been pushing railroad companies to take more precautions prior to the February 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern derailment.
“Multibillion dollar railroad companies transporting toxic chemical have a responsibility to do it safely,” Biden said Friday.
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SOURCE: www.cnn.com
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Published February 16, 2024
Joe Biden on Friday departed the White House en route to East Palestine, Ohio.
Biden is finally visiting East Palestine more than ONE YEAR after the toxic train crash.
On Feb. 3, 2023, just before 9 p.m. Eastern, a Norfolk Southern train derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, a small Midwestern town of about 4,800 people near the Ohio border with Pennsylvania.
At least 11 of the train cars that derailed contained hazardous materials. Several cars were carrying vinyl chloride, a cancer-causing substance.
Government officials decided to burn the chemicals rather than let them drain onto the ground. The chemical explosion was enormous. The chemicals formed a gigantic toxic plume over the region.
Biden looked confused as he shuffled over the South Lawn to Marine One.
