The Amtrak accident has impacted many businesses in DuPont and their employees, extending commutes and delaying deliveries the week before Christmas.
But DuPont business has seen both the positive and negative from this tragedy.
For a store that tries to stock a bit of everything, the Amtrak accident has thrown a bit of everything at the DuPont General Store.
"Usually I would receive my big dairy milk order on Monday. It didn't come until Tuesday," said store owner Sandy Ikemeier. "Ice cream usually comes on Monday; probably won't be here until Thursday or Friday."
Delays in deliveries are a result of the detours and bumper to bumper traffic.
Ikemeier gave half her staff the last few days off because of their lengthy commute. She said learned a lot about compassion this week, after getting an urgent call Monday.
"The fire department got a hold of my staff to see if we had water, snacks, granola bars, anything these folks could have to eat," she said.
Seeing the victims from the train accident is still fresh in her mind.
"I went around and gave each one of them a hug, all of them. All 19 of them. And told them I'm glad they were alive," she said. "I knew, at that moment, they were probably traumatized. They were probably in shock; a lot of things. A hug goes a long way."
The warmth goes both ways. Ikemeier's store has seen a 15 percent boost in business because of the increased traffic through DuPont.
And if she sells out of ice cream, the sweet storeowner will talk customers into buying the cookies instead.
"I told my staff we're going to sell what we go in here and we're making it work."
Ikemeier praised DuPont's city leaders and emergency personnel for how they responded to the accident.
She said residents and church congregations also brought food to the scene to help with the tragedy.