Consumer advocate and environmental activist Erin Brockovich takes the stage in East Palestine, telling the residents don’t be discouraged, because you do have a voice and it needs to be heard, “You’re going to be told it’s safe, you’re going to be told not to worry, that’s just rubbish.”
Brockovich told a crowd of about 2500 people who gathered for the Town Hall in the East Palestine High School auditorium that she is here at the invitation of the residents. She received emails and phone calls from people who live in the area asking her for help. Brockovich says she’s here to help for the long haul and she didn’t mince words, “You own this narrative, not an agency that wasn’t here when it happened, and certainly not Norfolk Southern that wasn’t here.
Brockovich famous for helping the people of Hinkley, California get a major settlement to help with the impact of contaminated water in their town, are still seeing the impact years later. Brockovich told the people of East Palestine and surrounding communities there’s no easy fix and the full fallout from the derailment may not fully be revealed until years from now, “In a moment like this you will become the strongest advocate you have.
Attorney Watts even told the crowd about the wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of Wessie L. Hardy of New Jersey, against a number of companies including Norfolk Southern. Hardy was tragically killed from exposure to Vinyl Chloride following a trail derailment in New Jersey, the same chemical that was a threat in East Palestine. “The decedent was working in her yard at the time of the incident .
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