East TN flood victims: Erwin's Impact Plastics Factory Employees clung desperately to a truck before Helene floodwaters swept them away | Knoxville News Sentinel

As the waters rose outside, managers wouldn’t let employees leave, he said. Instead, managers told people to move their cars away from the rising water. Ingram moved his two separate times because the water wouldn’t stop rising.

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Factory employees clung desperately to a truck before Helene floodwaters swept them away

A group of factory workers tried in vain to escape the raging Nolichucky River in Erwin, Tennessee, even as a dramatic rescue unfolded nearby.

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