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To: Peach

Oh my God - I didn't realize as many as 8 people died. How tragic.

Train Wreck, Gas Cloud Kills 8

GRANITEVILLE, S.C., Jan. 6, 2005

Chemicals leak from the tanks of a derailed train in Graniteville, S.C. Thursday Jan. 6, 2005. (Photo: AP)

(AP) A freight train carrying chlorine gas struck a parked train early Thursday, killing eight people and injuring at least 200 others, nearly all of them sickened by a toxic cloud that persisted over this small textile town at nightfall.....

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/06/national/main665330.shtml


1,722 posted on 01/06/2005 6:07:56 PM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj

This is considered a "large scale incident" and we had warning there would be more dead earlier this evening.


1,723 posted on 01/06/2005 6:11:57 PM PST by Peach
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To: freeperfromnj; Peach

This number seems to be growing.

Peach, how are your eyes, are your windows still closed? How do you flush this chemical out of a house?


1,771 posted on 01/07/2005 7:08:39 AM PST by crabbie
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