“We’ve been in touch with the governor,” said Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of the fourth-largest city in Indiana

"Crews are monitoring the air and all property owners around the incident have been notified," according to one local reporter.

The video is useless to investigators trying to determine what the train's three-person crew was doing at that of the accident.

Ariel footage that seemed to be taken by drone appeared to show nine derailed cars, as well as a semi truck stuck on the tracks.

The derailments came amid heightened attention to rail safety nationwide following a fiery derailment last month in Ohio.

"I could see the part of the train, and it was like, wow, there's an actual train in the middle of the desert," one witness said.

Yet another Norfolk Southern train derailed in Alabama as the company's CEO testified before a Senate hearing.

Hazardous material has been released into a river after 22 train cars derailed in a rural area of West Virginia.

Another Norfolk Southern train was involved in an accident in Ohio less than 100 miles from East Palestine, Ohio.

Buttigieg seemed to miss the fact that the criticism was not about his shoes but rather about his attitude towards the situation.