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How to use the word derailment in a Sentence?

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It adds confirmation that the symptoms reported by East Palestine residents are real and are associated with environmental exposures from the derailment and chemical fire.

David Michaels

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I want to begin today by expressing how deeply sorry I am for the impact this derailment has had on the residents of East Palestine and the surrounding communities, i am determined to make this right. Norfolk Southern will clean the site safely, thoroughly and with urgency. You have my personal commitment. Norfolk Southern will get the job done and help East Palestine thrive.

Norfolk Southern CEO

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I have been briefed by FRA leadership and spoke with Gov. DeWine to offer our support after the derailment today in Clark County, Ohio. No hazardous material release has been reported, but we will continue to monitor closely and FRA personnel are en route.

Pete Buttigieg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It would have detected the problem months before this happened, there wouldn’t have been a derailment.

Constantine Tarawneh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Had there been a detector earlier, that derailment may not have occurred.

National Transportation Safety Board

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The fact that this train did not qualify under current law requiring the railroad company to make that notification is just absurd. this is more than a train derailment or a toxic waste spill – it’s years of opposition to safety measures coming home to roost.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Norfolk Southern train derailment has upended the lives of East Palestine families, and EPA’s order will ensure the company is held accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of this community.

Michael Regan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Air monitoring and sampling will continue until removal of heavily contaminated soil in the derailment area is complete and odors subside in the community.

The EPA

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The passengers that were able to be transported from the derailment to the shelters were accounted for, fed,( and) given meds if theirs were lost or missing, then they were safely bussed to Shelby MT for the evening.

Amanda Frickel

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It is life before the derailment, and life after the derailment. Nothing is the same, recruiting tourists to come and hunt and fish in Gogama is really tough.

Frances Gelinas

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Our people are out there and they are investigating what caused the derailment.

Matthew Lehner

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The focus now is back where it should be, which is on the victims of the Lac-Megantic derailment, and getting them the compensation they deserve.

Bob Keach

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In response to the Amtrak derailment, we added capacity and our fare structure remained the same.

American Airlines spokesman Josh Freed

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is a huge danger, if they breach, if there's a derailment in the heart of my town and there's a breach of tank cars, there can be a plume of flame high into the sky.

Village President Karen Darch

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Until we know for certain what caused this tragedy, I just want to reiterate what I have already said: That we are a growing country, with a growing economy, we need to invest in the infrastructure that keeps up that way and not just when something bad happens like a bridge collapse or a train derailment but all the time. That's what great nations do.

Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Trains have resumed running through the derailment area at a reduced speed due to the ongoing clean-up work at the site.

Patrick Waldron

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Today crews are working to remove the final few derailed cars from the right of way and proceed with repairs to the track, due to the bitter cold conditions and isolated location, safety and firefighting experts have allowed the remaining controlled fire at the core of the derailment to burn.

Patrick Waldron

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We don't believe that the current standard is sufficiently robust to prevent liquid spilling in the event of a derailment or rail accident, so what we want to see are tougher standards for tank cars carrying flammable liquids.

Kathy Fox

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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