Statement·self record·said 2023-06-26
“No one — not one single expert — opined that day about there being any other scenario occurring besides either a catastrophic explosion or a controlled release to prevent such an explosion.”
Proof of utterancewhere they said it
Verdict — pending
Unratedby WKYC
Reasoning
NTSB hearings in mid-2024 surfaced testimony that some Norfolk Southern contractors believed the controlled burn was unnecessary; DeWine's office has stood by his account that no such opinion was conveyed to state decision-makers that day. No independent fact-checker has yet adjudicated the dispute.