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turbinetree

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45. That manager and that firm's owner's should be charged with murder...........or reckless endangerment ...........
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 04:14 PM
Oct 2024

or manslaughter.................


Jacob Ingram, a mold changer at the company, told the Knoxville News Sentinel that as the flooding started, managers instructed employees to move their cars away from the rising water – but would not let them leave. “They should’ve evacuated when we got the flash flood warnings, and when they saw the parking lot,” he said to the newspaper. “When we moved our cars, we should’ve evacuated then … we asked them if we should evacuate, and they told us not yet, it wasn’t bad enough.

“And by the time it was bad enough, it was too late – unless you had a four-wheel drive.”


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How horrible for the victims and their families. riversedge Oct 2024 #1
I hope the lawsuits will be allow their families to live comfortably. nt Coventina Oct 2024 #2
hate to tell you this but onethatcares Oct 2024 #5
I'm sure you're correct. Gd-damn them!! Coventina Oct 2024 #6
If it turns out this was intentional, they may not be able to discharge the claim in bankruptcy. SunSeeker Oct 2024 #40
Their money is probably already overseas Squaredeal Oct 2024 #53
and close the company. f them ZonkerHarris Oct 2024 #26
The trick to getting out is bugging when you can. That company showed a depraved indifference to its employees. marble falls Oct 2024 #3
Happens every time. Focus is on maintaining status quo for as long as possible. vanlassie Oct 2024 #13
It's the capitalist way after all. 2naSalit Oct 2024 #23
As it will be with climate change on the whole misanthrope Oct 2024 #63
more BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #4
Heartbreaking........n/t Hope22 Oct 2024 #9
Horrific way to die pfitz59 Oct 2024 #42
The owners should be arrested for murder malaise Oct 2024 #7
Was just thinking how America's classist society is looking like Japan....... jaxexpat Oct 2024 #11
Interesting take malaise Oct 2024 #16
Banzai rather than bonsai? dobleremolque Oct 2024 #32
You saw right to the heart of my little word play. jaxexpat Oct 2024 #57
It's murder, serial killers. Blue Full Moon Oct 2024 #8
" They have personhood so make them accountable" YES! YES! YES! Clouds Passing Oct 2024 #19
Not serial killing, mass murder, at least in this particular instance. ShazzieB Oct 2024 #24
It is looking like murder. SunSeeker Oct 2024 #41
If the managers left and told the workers they had to stay, that's reprehensible. ShazzieB Oct 2024 #50
Gerald O'Connor GOP Blue Full Moon Oct 2024 #54
I wonder how much "dead peasant" insurance those fucking scum owners niyad Oct 2024 #10
our best is not in Las Vegas jaxexpat Oct 2024 #12
This was a very long time ago. I could not speak to the current state niyad Oct 2024 #15
Every business should have a muster station and all employees should know where it is in Bev54 Oct 2024 #21
Good question malaise Oct 2024 #22
Murder? BSloat Oct 2024 #14
I hope so. calimary Oct 2024 #18
Shades of the candle factory in Kentucky Danmel Oct 2024 #17
Maybe they should not have been working to begin with???? Bev54 Oct 2024 #20
Is TN a right to work state? 2naSalit Oct 2024 #25
Yes, it is a Right To Fire Without Consequences state ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2024 #28
Thanks... 2naSalit Oct 2024 #34
That's exactly why. It benefits the boss when he screws up ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2024 #37
Living In One, Myself... GB_RN Oct 2024 #46
Sounds like... 2naSalit Oct 2024 #49
Not Far From It. GB_RN Oct 2024 #51
How did you guess? jmowreader Oct 2024 #31
Something... 2naSalit Oct 2024 #36
Yes Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #33
Ouch. GB_RN Oct 2024 #48
There's one hospital that I know of in the area that's unionized Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #58
Patient Ratios... GB_RN Oct 2024 #59
California has patient ratios Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #61
I Traveled For A Bit. GB_RN Oct 2024 #62
the factory was on the opposite side of the interstate from the river. maxsolomon Oct 2024 #27
My first big hurricane was Hazel, and she was no lady, either. Warpy Oct 2024 #29
Manslaughter charges for all concerned ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2024 #30
Had I been a manager there, I would have sent my people home. And then I would've left right after them. Just fire me. iluvtennis Oct 2024 #35
That would have been my choice too... 2naSalit Oct 2024 #38
That's so heartbreaking wendyb-NC Oct 2024 #39
Remember when workers in Kentucky were told not to leave before a tornado struck... Person of Interest Oct 2024 #43
The company put out a message saying, "We never actually told them not to leave!!!" Oneironaut Oct 2024 #44
That manager and that firm's owner's should be charged with murder...........or reckless endangerment ........... turbinetree Oct 2024 #45
"by the time it was bad enough, it was too late" - much like the "life of the mother" abortion ban exception. SunSeeker Oct 2024 #56
Remember--45% of the country wants this AND MORE durablend Oct 2024 #47
K&R for exposure Docreed2003 Oct 2024 #52
They died WORKING Charmin One Oct 2024 #55
This reminds me when a previous The Third Doctor Oct 2024 #60
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