Workers at two facilities struck by tornadoes over the weekend say they were either told not to leave or threatened with termination if they left …
Workers at two facilities struck by tornadoes over the weekend say they were either told not to leave or threatened with termination if they left as the twisters bore down. The tornadoes struck an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, and a candle factory run by Mayfield Consumer Products in Mayfield, Kentucky. Six Amazon workers were killed, including Larry Virden,46. Virden’s longtime girlfriend, Cherie Jones, told the New York Post that she received text messages from her partner shortly before the tornado hit. “He’s like, ‘well Amazon won’t let me leave until after the storm blows over,’” Jones said. The text was sent about 16 minutes before the tornado touched down. The couple’s residence is about 13 minutes away from the Amazon warehouse. Jones said she doesn’t fault Amazon. “Not really. But it’s that what-if situation: What if they would have let him leave? He could have made it home,” she told the paper.
