Amy Goodman: Terror in the West, Texas, Night
from truthdig:
Terror in the West, Texas, Night
Posted on Apr 24, 2013
By Amy Goodman
The Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath has dominated the nation’s headlines. Yet, another series of explosions that happened two days later and took four times the number of lives, has gotten a fraction of the coverage. It was the worst industrial accident in years. But to call it an accident ignores that it was preventable, and was quite possibly a crime, as is common with so many dangerous workplaces.
The first call came in to the 911 dispatcher at 7:29 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17. A woman at a playground noticed a fire across the railroad tracks, at the West Fertilizer Co. facility, in the small town of West, Texas, near Waco. The local volunteer fire department was mobilized. Less than 25 minutes later, a massive explosion leveled the plant, sending shock waves, debris and fire across West, ultimately killing 15 people, among them a local EMT, eight volunteer firefighters and a Dallas fire captain who was visiting his sons and joined the firefighting effort.
The call came over the emergency radio system: “We need every ambulance we can get at this point. A bomb just went off inside here. It’s pretty bad. We’ve got a lot of firemen down.”
Another call followed, with moaning in the background: “The rest home has been seriously damaged. We have many people down. Please respond.” ....................(more)
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will be ok.
There has been virtually no reporting of, no information on the victims, this is the first time I read that eight firefighters were killed, and tragically the father of one of the local firefighters, rushing to try to help.
RT was reporting on it, and on the Boston bombing at the same time. For some reason our MSM cannot handle more than one big story at a time.
RIP to all the victims. It is a very small town so the tragedy no doubt affected almost everyone there. 
I read that. I guess I just didn't understand the black president comment. Huh?
true enough for texas and with sequester, soon the whole nation. I mean with fewer regulators and many fewer inspections of dangerous businesses such as this, it can't bode well for any of us. I've just got a bad feeling about this. 
And what about nuclear regulation and inspection? 
concerning fracking. That sinkhole in Florida, that swallowed and killed a gentleman in Florida and just last week a sinkhole in chicago, I think swallowed three cars in a neighborhood. Could fracking be causing shifts underground that destabilizes things for us up on terrafirma? I'm not trying to promote any type of conspiracy theory but to my mind something is wrong here. As far as the 'fracking water' is concerned, as long as a politician is getting their payoff, why should they care about the health and safety of their constituents? The gun bill outcome proved that to me. As far as rethugs go,47% voted for romshit, one can only wonder. and be afraid, be very afraid. It won't change until people start standing up to the money people and saying, no more disregarding our worth as inhabitants of this planet in the name of profit and control. That's my 2cents.
