Vice President JD Vance planning visit to East Palestine, Ohio to mark 2 years since train derailment Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, known for the heroic landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, weighed in on the deadly midair collision. Ye shocked at the Grammys red carpet Sunday alongside wife and model Bianca Censori.

Since the derailment, Mayor Trent Conaway said the population has dwindled, but the village is working to retain and bring back their residents.

It was two years ago that the lives of residents of nearby East Palestine, Ohio, and the Darlington area of Beaver County just inside Pennsylvania were blown up by a train derailment that burned for days and then was exploded, creating a chemical cloud that hung for hours over the region.

This weekend marks the second anniversary of the Norfolk Southern derailment, chemical spill, and fire, that caused a major evacuation in East Palestine on February 3, 2023.

The Village of East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving all of the village’s claims arising from a disastrous train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in 2023.

Vice President J.D. Vance will be joining Senator Bernie Moreno in East Palestine on Monday to commemorate two years since the train derailment. “I couldn’t be prouder to visit East Palestine with Vice President Vance and I look forward to working hand-in-hand with the Trump administration to ensure the Ohio residents whose lives were upended two years ago will have the support they need,