The Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio on Feb. 3 and its horrific aftermath is sad enough, but a bizarre coincidence in the town where it happened involving a Netflix movie makes the disaster seem like the stuff of fiction.
According to the information of Cnnthe twist is that members of one of the families affected by the derailed train – which contained many dangerous and flammable chemicals -, acted as extras in the 2022 Netflix film, white noisewhich follows a family as they deal with the aftermath of an eerily similar damaging disaster.
Based on a 1985 novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Don DeLillo, the comedy stars Adam Driver as a family patriarch as they deal with the aftermath of an “air toxic event” caused by a train wreck carrying a pile of dangerous chemicals. Eastern Palestine, residing in Ohio and extra from soft noiseBen Ratner, says the film, in which he and his family played small parts, is now hitting “very close to home.”
While the similarities end with the premise: the character of Driver in white noisefor example, he is forced into quarantine after being exposed to the chemical cloud from the derailment of this story, when in reality the authorities have stated that the controlled burning of the train’s vinyl chloride could have been far more dangerous than it turned out to be.
The first half of the film is almost exactly what is happening here.
Ben Ratner, Extras from white noise and a resident of eastern Palestine, Ohio, told CNN.
Ratner participated in a traffic jam scene in white noise. In real life, his family—which includes his wife and four children—the same number of family members as Adam Driver’s character in white noise – was forced to flee her home near the crash site.
the extra from white noise he told CNN he was at his daughter’s basketball game during the derailment and walked out of the school gymnasium to see flames at the crash site, less than a mile from his home. That night, while his wife and children slept, he was anxious to see what would happen next.
It was not until the next day that official evacuation orders were issued for those in an area about one by two miles of the region that straddles the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, and although most of the Ratner had gone to stay with their immediate family, they had to evacuate further because they were still within that area.
Ratner told local broadcaster WKBN that he waited several days after the evacuation order was lifted to bring his family home. Now, concerns about long-term dangers have led the family to consider leaving the area for good.
It’s where we raised our kids, finished college, bought a business, and this is where we belong. Will we have to sell the house in the future? Is it worth spending money at this point?
Ben Ratner, an extra for White Noise and a resident of East Palestine, Ohio, told CNN.
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