Episode 527: Governor DeWine on Ohio’s Train Accident
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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On February 3rd around 9:00pm a Norfolk Southern freight train crashed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio. Approximately 50 cars derailed in the crash, 11 of the cars were carrying hazardous materials, including vinyl chloride. Authorities ordered the evacuation of about 1,500 residents and initiated a controlled release of vinyl chloride from five train cars to avoid an explosion, sending a toxic plume into the air. Many East Palestine residents have not been able to return to their homes due to toxic conditions. Norfolk Southern has stated they are actively cleaning up the site and have given out checks to residents who have been displaced by the clean-up. But what more needs to be done? And how can we prevent these kinds of disasters from happening again? Newt’s guest is the Governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine.
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| 0:35.0 | On this episode of Neutral, on February 3rd or 9pm, a Norfolk Southern freight train crashed in the town of East Palastino High. |
| 0:43.0 | Approximately 50 cars derailed in the crash. |
| 0:46.0 | A lot of the cars were carrying hazardous materials, including vinyl chloride, the cancer causing substance. |
| 0:53.0 | Authorities ordered the evacuation of about 1500 residents and initiated a controlled release of vinyl chloride from 5 train cars to avoid an explosion, sending a toxic plume into the air. |
| 1:06.0 | Many East Palastino residents have not been able to return to their homes due to toxic conditions. |
| 1:12.0 | They've complained of irritations on their eyes and throat, and in many places have been unable to drink the municipal or well water. |
| 1:19.0 | Norfolk Southern have stated that they are actively cleaning up the site and have given out checks to residents who have been displaced by the cleaner. |
| 1:27.0 | But what more needs to be done? And how can we prevent these kinds of disasters from happening again? |
| 1:33.0 | I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, the Governor of Ohio, an old friend of former colleague of mine in the house, Mike DeWine. |
| 1:52.0 | Mike, welcome, and thank you for joining me on Newt's World. |
| 1:55.0 | Newt, great to be with you. Thank you very much for having me. |
| 1:58.0 | I'm very curious. When did you first learn that there had been a very substantial train wreck? |
| 2:03.0 | I heard that within several hours after it actually occurred. And of course we had our Ohio EPA people on the scene that night. |
| 2:13.0 | And then we continued to monitor the situation. And that occurred on a Friday night. |
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