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Amtrak passenger recalls the trail derailment in Missouri

NPR | By Juana Summers,

Gus Contreras, Connor Donevan

Published June 28, 2022 at 5:10 PM EDT

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Chad Hoffman, who was a passenger on the Amtrak train that derailed on Monday in Northeast Missouri.

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