Intercity Express

The day of accountability has arrived for our own U.S. government and its governmental agencies. Our government is killing our citizens without any legal justification.

— Antonio Romanucci, attorney, told reporters at a news conference after filing the lawsuits in Minneapolis.

One cause is the internal reporting path of Deutsche Bahn, which in my view is far too long, as well as the alerting path within the Thuringian control centers via fax. I consider a fax no longer appropriate. There is an urgent need for action. We are living in the era of digitalization.

— Petra Enders, nonpartisan district administrator of Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, on delays and the use of fax for alerts during the drill