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to do anything. my insurance company is still waiting -- i don't have an answer from them, whether or not what or if anything will be covered. >> i know you're at your home, maggie. you go to your business in that one-mile radius. are you reticent to go back to your business, to go back in to the town, because it's so close to the site, or do you feel fairly safe? do you smell anything? do you see anything? have you walked the site as kelly was just saying a short time ago that she'd like pete buttigieg to come out and walk the site? have you seen what's out there? >> i've been to my shop a few times. each time i go in, i put on an n-95 mask. they don't do any good because i can still smell it. the first time i went into my shop was 36 hours after the derailment. i wanted to make sure that everything was secure because it was a weekend. i wanted to get a few things out that i thought i might need. it smelled so bad, less than ten
results of those. >> thanks, kelly, for coming on. best of luck to you, your family, the people in your town. check back with us if there's any new developments. thanks so much. >> thank you so much. >> also with us is maggie a small big owner who has been a resident of east palestine for 29 years. her home is five miles away from the site, but her business is just a half a mile away. so maggie, your business is in that one-mile radius. your business makes wrist bands. i want to know what you've been told. what guidance have you been given and what have you been told to do and what is going to happen going forward? >> actually, i haven't been told anything. my insurance did tell me finally that i can get rid of stuff once i make pictures of them. but they -- no one has told me
wrist bands is probably ruined. >> martha: i want to know what the wrist band says, maggie. are you thinking about making wrist bands that are appropriate that might make a statement about what is happening in east palestine? >> these wrist bands are 100% made in the u.s.a. they're silicone wrist bands. my total inventory has been compromised. this particular one was made for a class reunion that i had done. i have no inventory now to print. i can't sell. i'm out of business until insurance comes through, if possible, to be able to replace my inventory, clean my equipment and find another place to set up shop, i'm out of business. i don't know what else to do. the inventory is gone. >> wish you luck. our hearts go out for you. maybe some day there will be pray for east palestine wrist bands that come out of your