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| Rising Floodwaters and Desperate Prayers: A Tragic Day at a Tennessee Plastics Factory |
ERWIN, Tenn. — As Hurricane Helene unleashed record-breaking rainfall on East Tennessee, the swollen Nolichucky River surged beyond its banks, flooding a small plastics factory and cutting off the only road out. Trapped and desperate, a group of workers climbed onto a truck's trailer in front of the plant, but were tragically swept away by the powerful floodwaters.
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In the days following the September 27 disaster, the bodies of five Impact Plastics Inc. employees were recovered: Sibrina Barnett, 53; Monica Hernandez-Corona, 44; Bertha Mendoza, 56; Johnny Peterson, 55; and Lidia Verdugo Gastelum, 63. The search continues for a sixth employee, Rosa Maria Andrade Reynosa, 29. Five others who had been on the trailer managed to survive.
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