Battered community mourns plastics factory workers swept away by Helene in Tennessee
"We are going to prove to our region, to our state and to our nation, how strong a people we are," Erwin, Tennessee, Mayor ...
Factory workers in Tennessee were swept away by Helene. Their families say they weren’t allowed to leave work in time to flee
“The findings are that employees were told to leave the plant at least 45 minutes before the gigantic force of the flood hit ...
One way in, one way out: Was Erwin industrial park prepared to escape disaster?
The road, which runs parallel to the Nolichucky River, was built with one entrance and exit, leaving employees of Impact Plastics with nowhere to go.
‘Gone.’ The main route through the NC mountains will take a long time to rebuild
Interstate 40’s path through the Pigeon River Gorge has always been precarious. It took 15 years to build and now it will ...
Factory workers say company told them not to evacuate from Hurricane Helene. 11 were swept away in floodwaters
Factory workers say company told them not to evacuate from Hurricane Helene. 11 were swept away in floodwaters - Two ...
Where the case against Impact Plastics stands now
CEO Gerald O'Connor said in a video Friday that employees were told to leave 45 minutes before the flooding hit and that there was time to escape.
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Internal review from plastics plant where three died finds ‘there was time to escape’ flood
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the ...
Rangers’ Evan Carter raising money for hometown in wake of extreme Hurricane Helene damage
Carter’s offseason home near his hometown of Elizabethton, Tenn. was washed away in the flooding that followed Hurricane ...
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'You can’t pinpoint me': TN mayor fumes as reporter tries to nail down timeline on Helene factory deaths
The destruction from Hurricane Helene was felt not only in coastal states like Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, but also, ...
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Family of Impact Plastics employee remember final phone conversations
Guillermo Mendoza can still remember the last phone call he received from his mother, Bertha, in the morning hours of Sept. 27. Mendoza said his mother told him she ...