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Christiaan Hetzner

Norfolk Southern CEO makes 5-year pledge to help disaster-struck Ohio town

A Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the small town of East Palestine. (Credit: Courtesy of NTSB—Handout/Xinhua/Getty Images)

Alan Shaw may very well be the most hated chief executive in the United States right now. 

Two weeks ago, one of his Norfolk Southern trains carrying toxic chemicals derailed, causing an ecological disaster and devastating the 5,000 residents in the small Ohio community of East Palestine. 

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