Nation’s Chief Accident Investigator Appears on Transportation TV
Deborah Hersman heads the nation’s top independent, federal accident investigation agency. Over the past five years, she’s rushed to more than 18 major transportation accident scenes including the June, 2009 fatal collision between two Metro trains in Washington, DC and the March 2010 crash of an emergency medical services (EMS) helicopter in Brownsville, Tennessee.
Hersman, a wife and mother of three small boys, was appointed by President Barack Obama to become the nation’s 12th Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board in June of last year. She was confirmed by the Senate in July.
“I appreciate the many challenges that working parents have because my husband and I share in those challenges,” Hersman tells Transportation TV. “Whether it’s school, children’s activities, or finding good child care, there are so many things we, as parents, face every day.”
Hersman speaks candidly about her personal and professional life in an exclusive interview appearing today on the View from the Administration Channel on Transportation TV. Hersman covers a broad range of topics including the record decline in highway deaths and exactly what needs to be done to bring the death toll down even further. Hersman also shares the NTSB’s Most Wanted List, a breakdown of its top safety priorities and what everyone must to make transportation safer. Watch NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman beginning today at www.transportationtv.org.
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