>> THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN.
KENNEDY: ALL RIGHT, HERE IS
THE CRAZY PARTY, NOBODY FROM
NORFOLK SOUTHERN VOD UP.
THE COMPANY CLAIMS THEY
FEARED FOR SAFETY OF THEIR
EMPLOYEES AND ALSO ABVENT,
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
PETE BUTTIGIEG.
WE’LL HAVE MORE ON HIM
LATER, FIRST, BACK TO THE
WRECK, GOVERNOR DeWINE
SAYING THERE IS NO NEED TO
DRINK BOTTLED WATER.
THE EPA STILL CLAIMING THAT
EVERYONE IS GREAT.
>> SINCE FIRE WENT OUT EPA
AIR MONITORING HAS NOT
DEFECTED ANY LEVELS OF
HEALTH CONCERN IN THE
COMMUNITY.
EPA HAS ASSISTED WITH
SCREENING OF OVER 480 HOMES
UNDER THE VOLUNTARY
SCREENING PROGRAM OFFERED TO
RESIDENTS.
NO DETECTIONS OF VINYL
CHLORIDE OR HYDROGEN
CHLORIDE WERE IDENTIFIED.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER
CHLORIDES IN THERE, BUT WHO
WILL YOU BELIEVE, THE EGG
HEADS OR A PURPOSE WITH A
RASH, PURPLE LIPS AND A
COUGH?
JOINING ME, RUSSELL MURPHY
WHO WAS AT LAST NIGHT’S
TOWNHALL.
HOW WAS IT IN THE ROOM?
>> IT WAS TENSE.
AS WE SMALL COMMUNITY, I
THINK WE CONDUCTED OURSELVES
PRETTY GOOD.
KENNEDY: I THINK SO TOO.
I DON’T THINK THAT ANYONE
EMBARRASSED THEMSELVES IT
VERY IMPORTANT TO ADVOCATE
FOR YARDS AND LET THEM KNOW,
YOU ARE WORRIED.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST SIGN YOU
HAVE THAT SOMEONE WAS WRONG.
>> THE FIRST SIGN, FRIDAY
NIGHT, WHEN YOU TURN TV ON,
YOU SEE THEM GATES OF HELL
THAT OPENED UP IN CITY LINE
OF RAILROAD TRACK BURNING
25, 40 FEET IN THE AIR, IT
WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
IT GETS -- KEEPS GETTING
WORSE.
KENNEDY: AND WE’RE HEARING
ABOUT SO MANY ANIMALS WHO
HAVE DIED AND PEOPLE WHO
HAVE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS THEY
CAN’T EXPLAIN.
DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE
OFFICIALS ARE DOING ENOUGH
TO IDENTIFY AND TREAT PEOPLE
WHO NOW HAVE THE CONDITIONS?
>> WELL, LAST NIGHT AT
DISCUSSION, SCIENCE FAIR,
BOOK CLUB.
THEY YOU KNOW WE -- THAT GOT
BEAT HARD.
YOU KNOW THEY SAY NOTHING IS
IN THE AIR, NOTHING IN THE
WATER.
YOU KNOW IT IS ALL FINE,
MOVE BACK HOME.
BUT 5 MINUTES LATER AFTER
THEY LIFT THE THE EVAC THEY
HAVE TRAINS ROLLING.
THE -- GOSH, LOSS FOR WORDS
NOW.
KENNEDY: YOU ARE DOING
GREAT.
>> THE -- THERE IS JUST SO
MUCH IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT
OF TIME FOR A SMALL TOWN OF
EAST PALESTINE, YOU KNOW,
THAT WE’RE JUST NOT,
EQUIPPED TO HANDLE IT, THEY
ARE TRYING HARD, LAST NIGHT
AT THE TOWN TOWN HALL, HE IS
WORKING, THEY ARE PAGES OUT
OF A HORROR STORY, WE READ
THEM AND LIVE THEM AND SEE
HOW THE BOOK WILL END, WE
HAVE NO IDEA.
KENNEDY: THAT IS A GREAT WAY
TO DESCRIBE IT.
SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS SOME OF
THE THE CONDITIONS THAT CAN
ARISE AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO
THESE CHEMICALS, THIS COULD
TAKE YEARS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE CLEAN UP
REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF
URGENCY.
WE -- MEAN, I CAN ONLY
IMAGINE HOW YOU FEEL.
AS A BYSTANDER WATCHING
THIS.
I DON’T GET THAT THERE IS A
GREAT SENSE OF URGENCY, IS
THAT CHANGING?
>> I DON’T THINK SO.
AS FAR AS THE MEDICAL OR THE
ILL AFFECTS FROM THE
CHEMICAL, I MYSELF, I GO
DUNE BY THEDOWN BY THE
WATER, I AM 2.8 MILES FROM
THE CRASHSITE, I STAND THERE
YOU LOOK AT THAT WATER, AND
THE HEADACHE FOR ME IN 45
SECONDS I GET A HEADACHE, IT
FEELS LIKE YOU ARE ON AN
ELEVATOR WHEN IT STOPS AT
THE TOP OF THE FLOOR AND YOU
FEEL THAT UNEASY DIZZINESS.
THE FRONT OF MY GUMS BEHIND
YOUR HELPS, TIP OF YOUR TONGUE GETTING TINGLING WHEN
TONGUE GETTING TINGLING WHEN
YOU POP LIKE A MEN A
MENTHOL COUGH DROP, A LOT TO
ARE ONED ABOUT.
FOR THEM TO STUFF ON THIS
HEALTH -- TOUCH TO THIS
HEALTH STUFF IT IS OKAY TO
GO BACK, YET WE HAVE THESE
SYMPTOMS THAT ARE NOT GOOD.
KENNEDY: YOU CAN SEE AND
FEEL YOURSELVES, THIS IS NOT
RIGHT.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING,
SOMEONE TRYING TO WHITE WASH
IT AND MAKE IT GO AWAY,
WE’RE HERE FOR YOU RUSSELL
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SHARING YOUR STORY,
APPRECIATE IT.
>> YES, YOU ARE WELCOME,
THANK YOU.