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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio President Joe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after an explosive fire from a derailed train carrying hazardous chemicals, and saw up close the lingering hostility from victims still angry that he waited so long to visit.
President Joe Biden is praising what he says were “Herculean efforts” to rebuild at the site of last February s train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Biden is visiting Friday, more than a year after a train loaded with hazardous chemicals derailed causing a deadly explosive fire. He blames what happened on the railroad company s greed. Residents still upset that Biden didn t visit sooner shouted profanity as the president s motorcade drove by. Biden has faced criticism that he has ignored the victims of the derailment. Many of them still worry about their health. The White House says Biden wanted to visit when the time was right. He was invited by the mayor.
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Biden had promised to visit soon after the derailment. He has faced criticism from some residents and from former President Donald Trump, who made a trip to the community shortly after the disaster.