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Reaction to MMA chair Ed Burkhardt’s press conference in Lac-Megantic

President of Chicago-based Rail World Inc. Ed Burkhardt is met by angry residents and media in Lac-Megantic, Quebec on July 10, 2013. Mike Armstrong / Global News

Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway chairman Ed Burkhardt visited Lac-Megantic in Quebec on Wednesday for the first time since one of his company’s trains exploded, devastating the town centre in the early hours of the morning on Saturday.

The press conference quickly elicited a massive response of social media.

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Take a look at some of the reaction here.

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