2012 NJ toxic train wreck victims warn East Palestine, Ohio, residents
Prepare for a long legal battle.
In the aftermath of the Paulsboro ordeal, multiple class action lawsuits were filed on behalf of first responders and the hundreds of local residents who lived or worked near the site of the Nov. 30, 2012 derailment. The mayor, who lived less than 100 yards from where the train derailed, said he hadn’t heard of anyone being diagnosed with cancer and blaming it on the Paulsboro incident.
Mom-of-two Jacqui Benjamin is convinced her sons — Julian, now 15, and Dorian, now 10 — suffer from ongoing respiratory issues after breathing in the toxic fumes the day of the derailment. “It’s sad that this is continuing to happen. I feel bad for them [in Ohio] because I know the trauma that the chemicals bring to a family. We experienced that and it’s the kids I’m worried about.”
Irma Stevenson and her husband Walt still live 50 yards from where the train derailed more than a decade ago.She said the symptoms started immediately – and then the anxiety of “what’s going to happen to me?” set in.Of the East Palestine ordeal, Pickel warned residents there that it would be “life changing.”
“My daughter had walked to school, and had walked through the fumes. When she came home she just slept all day long, just slept, which was very out of character for her.”
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