A young mother asks, 'Why is it that if something goes wrong the burden falls upon our communities?' - Pittsburgh Union Progress

A young mother asks, 'Why is it that if something goes wrong the burden falls upon our communities?' - Pittsburgh Union Progress

We spent much of our Saturday at a riverfront park in the Beaver County borough of Rochester, a 45-minute drive northwest of Pittsburgh. A half dozen of us volunteered at a benefit concert called  “Back on Track.” The money raised will provide direct relief for people whose lives were turned upside down by that awful train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, a few years ago. You don’t hear much about it in the news these days, but that 2023 trai…