Fort Worth police officers delivered water to the city of Ohio, affected by a train derailment.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Two Fort Worth cops spent the weekend driving a truck filled with pallets of water into a city hit by a devastating train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

Officers Buddy Calzada and Jimmy Pollzani made the 1,200-mile trip to Salem, Ohio, about 20 miles from the crash site.

“All water has been delivered. It was a big process. It was a great process,” Officer Calzada said on Monday.

The officers personally delivered 40,000 bottles of water to the Salem police station.

“We arrived yesterday at 11:30 and last night at 11:30. A team was waiting for us,” Officer Calzada said.

These groups included members of the Salem police force.

The plan was developed last Thursday when the Fort Worth Police reached out to Ohio law enforcement to see how they could help.

Water was the number one need.

With the help of the Fort Worth subway, they set off.

“They had a partner called Midwest Food Bank and Midwest Food Bank gave us the green light by saying how much water you can take to give it to you,” Calzada said.

They managed to load 13 pallets of water into a Fort Worth police truck used for special events and set off.

Water bottles correspond to approximately 2300 gallons of water.

“What we filmed there was huge. This is enough for them for about a day and a half,” Calzada said.

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Last week, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency visited the small town to see the cleanup firsthand.

The Environmental Protection Agency says water and air samples do not pose a health risk to residents, but people are skeptical.

Many say they have been ill since they returned home and claim that the Norfolk Southern railroad company is not decontaminating the city thoroughly enough.

Fort Worth officers spoke to a resident who was grateful for the bottled water.

“I thought maybe someone would bring a pickup truck full of water, and these cops are bringing water, thank you very much, I really appreciate it,” said Ohio resident Ted Evans.

“We understand that the community has been affected and as officers you just want to find something you can do. You want to be able to meet that need. And that’s exactly what happened,” Calzada said.

Fort Worth officers return to Texas.

Ohio Gov. Mike Devine says he is asking experts from the CDC to come here to help.

We were told that the White House would grant this request.