02/02/2024

A Town Derailed

East Palestine, Ohio - one year later

A hazardous chemical accident takes place almost every day in the United States.

The worst in recent history occurred on Feb. 3, 2023, when a train carrying toxic substances crashed and burned in a small Ohio town on the Pennsylvania border, setting off a chain of effects that tore a community apart.

Photographer Rebecca Kiger spent a year documenting the aftermath of the tragedy in East Palestine.

Please select this link to read the complete article from TIME.