East Palestine residents met with Senator Sherrod Brown on Monday and called for Norfolk Southern to be held accountable for making their community whole.
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — As cleanup and testing continue in East Palestine, its residents are left with questions about the future — the future of their community, the future of their health. Senator On Monday, Sherrod Brown heard from folks like Oda Sponsel, who said her doctor can’t run tests on her without a specific code that she can’t manage to get from anybody.
Health is the top priority for Aaron Bragg as well, who lives just outside town but owns a rental property in East Palestine. When asked what this all means to the property’s value, Bragg said, “I wrote it off. You know the property is gone. Monetary things can be made up, but the health and well-being of the resident that’s staying in there, that can’t be, so that is my concern.”
“There was some impatience in that room but there was also a recognition that it was going to take a while, and it’s not going to be easy, frankly, to get Norfolk Southern to fully live up to its commitments and its responsibilities.”
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