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Amy and Kevin Detmer were residents of East Palestine until they were forced to move. They join us now. You two are not there right now. When do you plan on returning?

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Never.

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Never? Why not? Nope.

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Because I don't believe anything anybody says.

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Tell us about your home. What state is it in right now?

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You can't even go in our home for 5 or 10 minutes. Your eyes start burning. Your throat starts getting scratchy.

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Well, they said everything was being taken care of. People are drinking the water. The residents there, they're congratulating themselves. You're saying that's not true?

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No, that's not true. No.

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Is there any effort being made to bring you guys back or take the house and the land?

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No. No, we're stuck in limbo right now. We're still paying taxes on our house. Yeah, it's just been a shame.

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We still have to pay a rent to live in a temporary house.

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Amy, take us through from the very beginning what happened. They had the train accident. Everything was devastated. You're now a year later, still not moved back in. What's that story like?

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It's horrific. All of our items that were special to us are all stuck in our house, and we can't go back because it's filled with toxins. We've had to leave all of our special items in a house full of toxins, and we can't go back to the house.

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I'm so sorry. What would you say to the President right now?

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Please, please, please help us. We're just people. We're not politicians, and we need help to get out.

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Kevin, what would you like to see the President do?

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I would like this to be categorized as a disaster because it was a disaster. When I went down those steps and I looked out the window and all I saw was this huge inferno, and it was spreading, and it was getting higher. It was probably close to 50 foot in the air, and it started catching trees on fire, and I just didn't know how far it was going to go. I knew it was a hot fire, and I knew that there could be embers in the air, and if those were to come down, it could have been a domino effect. As far as the President, I certainly disagree that it took him a year to come to East Palestine and for everything that the government has done for Ukraine and everybody else, but nothing for the residents of East Palestine. Nothing as far as the government's concerned.

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Kevin, I'm so sorry. Amy, I'm so sorry. My heart goes out to you guys. We're pulling for you. We really hope things get better and the President gets it into gear, and Congress does, too, and holds Norfolk Southern accountable. We'll continue to stay on the story, and we'll be in touch with you guys, too, as well. Thank you guys very much. Click here to subscribe to the Fox News YouTube page to catch our hottest interviews and most compelling analysis. You won't get it anywhere else.