For the first time since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, the fire chief sat down with News 5 Investigators.
We don’t just report the initial story—we follow through to its conclusion. Read and watch our previous reporting on this story below and see more stories that we've followed through on here.“Stress. Lots of stress,” East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabick said — stress, chaos and frustration after February’s toxic derailment and decision for a controlled chemical burn.
Drabick says they made the best decision they could and believes it was the safest thing to do to avoid a catastrophic explosion.“Shocked, shocked is a good word,” Chief Drabick said. Drabick was several hours away at the time, starting a vacation, when he got the call about the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train."How did they describe it coming up on that?" Morgan asked.Soon, the world would be on top of the small village — governors from two states, the federal government and swarms of media.
On March 6, a month after the disaster, the chief wrote: “At what point are we gonna be a unified command?”“They're trying to do things as they have to according to their rules and regulations, so sometimes the little guy is missing out,” Drabick said.We asked about another text thread where Drabick wrote: “I truly feel defeated and useless.”
“That had to do with some comments Gov. Shapiro made in reference to the decision about the vent and burn where he led into he wasn't notified or knew what was going on,” Drabick said.“A lot of what you hear from the public is transparency. They want transparency, and we tried to give as much transparency as we could, but we could only give them the information we were 100% validated on — 100% sure,” Drabick said.We asked if there was one word to describe himself in that moment as a leader.
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