As soon as that plant took on any kind of flooding whatsoever the employees should have been ORDERED to leave!! Unbelievable!! SAFETY ALWAYS COMES FIRST!!! As the owner of the company it is your duty to take care of your people and make sure ALL your employees are accounted for and out of the building.
if i saw flooding on the work floor, i would have immediately told others to come with me and we are leaving right now - why wait to be told? if your life is threatened, take action immediately
America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
This is why I no longer work for large corporations. The small family business I work for puts worker safety above all else. If the power goes out he gives it maybe 45 mins to come back & if it doesn't he sends everyone home. We close for the day, call customers and cancel delivery and hope for a better day tomorrow. When we have severe weather in the forecast he calls a leadership meeting to determine if it's safe for employees to come in. So there are times when he won't even take the chance of us being stranded or worse at work and just start calling & messaging "don't come to work due to weather we are closed until whenever he determines it would be safe". My guy is only 26 and started his business when he was 12 as a homework assignment. When I started working for him I was number five of five employees, and maybe 30 customers. He now has 25+employees and customers from the oregon-california border as far north as the US Canadian border. I am grateful to be a part of that success, mainly because he reminds us that that success is because of us.
Wow what a great boss! You are right when it becomes a corporation they care less about the people and more about the money. I used to work for a family owned grocery store it was ran by a man who knew his people were the backbone of his success! I firmly believe your company is only as good as your team is! Build them up and you will have success! Your boss is a good man safety is an absolute!
@@HurrDell America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
3 rd time I tried to post: yt hates Truth part of the "we still con-trol 98% of the medias" demon crat/marxist machine. America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
Weak people listening to the company is the real story here. Weak ass people let their boss order them around over this. It’s hard to feel bad for such weak men. Pathetic.
On site supervisors should made a decision and told everyone to go home. Period. Thats one reason why you're a supervisor. So sad about this man death that did not need to happen. Prayers for all the family that lost loved ones and friends. Peace!
glad to hear that others think as i do - if my life is in peril, its time to seek higher ground - tell those around you that you are going, tell them to do the same and leave with those that are willing to go, not in a panic, but quickly
If the owner was one of the last people to leave, then why wasn't he on the truck with the others? How did he get out with no terrifying story like all the employees?
@@DistrustHumanz God wants us to be Discerning, He threw out lucifer and followers An example He'd like us to follow. The party of and for Criminals, despot dicktators, TRAITORS to all Americans, FAKE VIRTUE, terrorist, FRAUDSTERS CREATED AND PAID FOR OFF WE THE PEOPLE ... push tolerance for that against our lives, the intolerant demon crat/marxist!. So many have swallowed the lefts dribble. America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
Those people felt if management was not telling them to leave they would somehow be safe,boy this is beyond wrong 😢the man is a hero and I hope life gets horrible for upper management of this company!🙏❤️
This happened in my little town and we are so heartbroken. It's hard to imagine that some companies are still willing to put money and product over lives. Simply shameful. RIP Johnny, and everyone that needlessly lost their lives that day.
@@landrecce humans are the same ole same ole good / e vile. America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
That water is horrifying. That's an awful way to die. Our home was flooded by the Clinch River in 1977; I was 13 years old. I remember seeing our home sitting in the middle of rusty, rushing water half way up the house. The floors were buckled, mud everywhere. It was a mess to clean up.
Condolences to the family's of all that didn't make it. I know that water rose so fast it couldn't be judged but still shocked that no one looked at the road and made the call regardless of what Jerry said. What an idiot and liar, he will never have a day of peace. Saw a vid by one of the guys on that truck who was lucky enough to grab one of those coils and make it to the waters edge. Johnny was a true hero. I hope his story gets made into a feature length film. He deserves to be remembered.
i would say FU lady and leave. if they ALL left, it's unlikely the boss would want to stop and re-hire whole new staff. capitalism logic. it would cost him more money and lost production hours for retraining.
I live in Johnson City Tennessee, not far away at all. A day after the storm my 24-year-old son sent me a screenshot saying "impact plastic employees told they would be fired if they left" I did a quick Google search, didn't see anything so I texted back it's probably fake news. Sadly I was wrong News broke about this story around noon here on Monday. My aunt worked with 2 who passed. EVERY EMPLOYEE NEEDS TO SUE THE 💩 OUT OF THIS MAN.
it's so horrible to be threatened with being fired when obviously a dangerous event is unfolding. i bet from the initial flooding they thought that was it and leaving was overreacting. a lot of people don't understand that if you see even that much water, RUN. that the rest can come in a flash. he should be sued for *reckless endangerment* and criminally charged. he left because he felt it was unsafe, then gambled the rest of their lives. disgusting. not sure why you defaulted to 'fake news'. just on account that there's a lot less of it than people toss around. and that story was also really specific. nature of news is some people hear first especially when it's direct accounts, before the story breaks. (so you guys also had that one dam fail. there WAS fake stuff going on and being told that similar was happening in NC, people believed it and evacuated even though NO public officials told them to evac or that there was a problem. so it caused issues for relief and rescue efforts but also put the evacuees at risk. idk why people think it's ok to make up stuff during a catastrophe. also, weird that it came from the people that always call things fake news. and here, this was in fact fake. people making up stuff like that should get sued. i think no one was hurt but i'm not sure. some areas are still treacherous for trying to evacuate suddenly and without support services.)
This was a once in a thousand year storm I heard.. Common sense would say get the heck to safety. that owner guy is not to blame imo, this all happened fast for most of the state. to lose one is too many, but this lawyering up and blaming the boss.owner isnt going to bring peace to anyones family. in a flash flood or activ shooter type situations its everyone get to safety however you can, usually.
@@everythingisIAM won’t bring them back. But if it makes there life less stressful getting paid from an asshole CEO. Fuck yea take all his money. Watch his video the ceo put out. Pure shit
oh i hope they sue the HELL out of this wretch. jezus. it's sickening. such quick thinking on the part of the supervisor. if only the truck hadn't flipped.....
Captain of the ship abandoned the ship first to save his greedy butt. He needs to be held accountable for his coward act and the fact of what happened in the death of many. The blood is on his hands, he may not be held on earth, but he will be accounting in front of God, and he better be afraid. If not he worships the Golden Calf and just like Dathan, he will end up just like him.
It is always ordinary people suffer most, because they trust the best of human nature, however richest ones never have thought that way and people do not realize that.
so i bet that like a lot of people they didn't know how to assess risk with flooding. what they showed in the factory, they could have thought that was all of it. or it wouldn't get much worse. you see this in videos people put out about events like these. and by the time you realize it's NOT stopping, you can't get out. most people don't know that once you see waters rise, you need to GTFO now. because more is likely coming. i think if anyone KNEW it would potentially get a lot worse they would have fled. but yeah, threatened with losing your livelihood and where there aren't a lot of jobs.... that's a scary proposition because you NEED to have income. and your family relies on you. the survivors and families need to sue him into the grave. this is beyond disgusting. that guy needs to be taken for all he's worth. as a person, not much, but as a capitalist, plenty.
We are a family business and we are millionaires. Many times we have closed our business during extreme weather events so we and the employees have time to prepare, evacuate, and/or hunker down. Our employees really are family. Don’t paint a whole class of people with the same negative brush.
The owners should acknowledge his Heroism with a plaque in the new lobby, unionization (with emergency management) for the workers and scholarships for his children! Period. Move on or finish what the flood started!
Wow! Way to go 'down with the ship' Cap'n.! 😳😬 Personally, I would not have waited till the boss gave permission to leave__the workers could have banded together, shut down the works, and left to be with their families.
Just what people SHOULD NOT DO... Tearing each other apart. Sorry for the loss 😞. Going after a business owner is disgusting 😕. Remember no amount of money will change what happened. Letting lawyers and media start blame games is sad. Reading comments blaming the owner based on assumptions is vulture like lynching.
going after a business owner WHO GOT HIMSELF OUT, then ordered employees to stay or he'd FIRE them.... that man deserves as little respect as there is to give, and criminal charges. HE is disgusting, not the people that outcry over this. i would not condone physical violence but this man needs to be taken to court and held responsible.2nd or 3rd degree murder or criminal negligence. and here, in this world, you get women getting criminally charged because they had a miscarriage. and yet they get held liable for murder, and this guy doesn't? make that make sense. you're being really skewed here, on this.
Its fine to be upset, its fine to think the guys an asshole, but grow up comment section. As an adult, you are ultimately responsible for taking care of yourself in terms of decision making. I'd have been gone once my vehicle was in a few inches of water.
you say to grow up, but as a person who is grown and has BILLS and needs to eat, and in a depressed area without many jobs..... you don't want to overreact. and they likely didn't know that the water would get truly dangerous. many people don't understand about flooding, and that if there is some, there could be a LOT more and you have to GTFO well before it's scary. the comment section is being appropriate. i think it could be that you just lack perspective for the whole of the situation.
@@lurklingX yeah, well when you die at your boss's behest I'll say a prayer for you. You aren't bothering at all to look at the flip side of this are you? So you just ignore everyone and leave. Do you actually think they'd get fired for missing half of one day if they didn't get the flood? This is what I mean by grow up....open your mind a bit and think it thru. No job is worth it, but I don't think anyone is losing their job over choosing safety first. The comment section is like all of them after every disaster.....blame and blame and blame and blame and blame.
It's the south for you. Won't unionize.Piss poor labor laws. Right to stay poor laws.Oops meant right to work laws. Child labor. Zero enforcement. Zero penalty's. Entirely pro management/owner
what a weird video "we lost some good employees". ick. how about "WE LOST SOME GOOD PEOPLE"? he's saying it like a coal-hearted stone a$$ capitalist. no emotion. oh, a good friend, huh? BULLSHHT. not an ounce of emotion. and just because you work with/for/etc someone it doesn't make you friends. YOU didn't shut the job down. YOU. when all this was going on. reprehensible.
Conner was greedy no doubt but people need to stop acting like these were kids. These were grown adults that had choices. Choice A stay working and pretend you know nothing about warnings that you had been getting since Tuesday or choice B leave work and get to safety. They chose to stay EVEN AFTER they all received a flash flood warning at 9:14 AM which gave them three hours to get out of that area. They could've walked to that mountain right behind that plant in under an hour. They chose to stay nobody had them chained to the floor or held at gun point. This is the problem in this country nobody wants to own up to there bad choices they want to blame everyone else instead. You best believe that if I had gotten a warning at 9:14 AM to get to higher ground to preserve life my ass would've been clocking out at 9:15 AM regardless what anyone said and why because I am an adult and I make my own choices I don't let others make them for me.
They were threatened with termination for leaving early. They never expected to be put in danger. This is american work ethic, so dont get sassy when it works against us.
Sir when the rich and the OWNER don't care about the poor and their factory works. I'm glad that he recorded everything. They could have ran to the mountains and met the Sam disaster. But the workers didn't own the factory. The OWNER OR A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY COULD HAVE WENT TO THE PLANT, AND PUT CLOSE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ON THE DOOR. NOW THE OWNER HAS BLOOD ON HIS HANDS FROM THE DEATH OF HIS DEDICATED WORKERS. THAT BIG BANK ACCOUNT HE MAY REBUILD OR CONTINUE TO CHERISH HIS FUNDS FOR HIS PERSONAL GAIN. I PRAY THAT THE LAWYER REPRESENT ALL THE FAMILIES. MONEY CANNOT BRING BACK A LOVE ONE. BUT AT LEAST THEY WILL HAVE BETTER HOMES, AND VEHICLES.
It sounds to me like the man did exactly what he wanted to do. To turn around and blame a company for something that is unforeseen until it happens is irrational. Lashing out to hurt someone because you're hurt, and probably, greed will shortly be rearing its ugly head.
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Or you could get kamalatoe and tampon Tim to tell you that you had the pronouns wrong so your cut of the fema relief was going to house the illegals they invited into the U.S.
If i felt i was in danger I'd literally just laugh in my bosses face if he told me i can't leave.
My Job aint worth my life.
As soon as that plant took on any kind of flooding whatsoever the employees should have been ORDERED to leave!! Unbelievable!! SAFETY ALWAYS COMES FIRST!!! As the owner of the company it is your duty to take care of your people and make sure ALL your employees are accounted for and out of the building.
if i saw flooding on the work floor, i would have immediately told others to come with me and we are leaving right now - why wait to be told? if your life is threatened, take action immediately
America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
Why would anyone listen to their supervisor and stay? People are so damn weak willed. It’s hard to feel pity for so many sheep.
This is why I no longer work for large corporations. The small family business I work for puts worker safety above all else. If the power goes out he gives it maybe 45 mins to come back & if it doesn't he sends everyone home. We close for the day, call customers and cancel delivery and hope for a better day tomorrow. When we have severe weather in the forecast he calls a leadership meeting to determine if it's safe for employees to come in. So there are times when he won't even take the chance of us being stranded or worse at work and just start calling & messaging "don't come to work due to weather we are closed until whenever he determines it would be safe". My guy is only 26 and started his business when he was 12 as a homework assignment. When I started working for him I was number five of five employees, and maybe 30 customers. He now has 25+employees and customers from the oregon-california border as far north as the US Canadian border. I am grateful to be a part of that success, mainly because he reminds us that that success is because of us.
Wow what a great boss! You are right when it becomes a corporation they care less about the people and more about the money. I used to work for a family owned grocery store it was ran by a man who knew his people were the backbone of his success! I firmly believe your company is only as good as your team is! Build them up and you will have success! Your boss is a good man safety is an absolute!
Gerald o conner is a greedy liar
You want money .trumpster
@@HurrDell America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
Your dad is a hero 🙏❤
Corporate greed at its highest
JUST LIKE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYTHEY ARE THE WORST!
Read into the American Labor wars
America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
3 rd time I tried to post: yt hates Truth part of the "we still con-trol 98% of the medias" demon crat/marxist machine. America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
Weak people listening to the company is the real story here. Weak ass people let their boss order them around over this. It’s hard to feel bad for such weak men. Pathetic.
it's very shocking that they were not told to leave immediately when flooding was first seen, praying for the families of those who were lost
On site supervisors should made a decision and told everyone to go home. Period. Thats one reason why you're a supervisor. So sad about this man death that did not need to happen. Prayers for all the family that lost loved ones and friends. Peace!
I don't care if the boss says I can leave or not. If I feel that I am in danger I am out of there. It is only a job.
glad to hear that others think as i do - if my life is in peril, its time to seek higher ground - tell those around you that you are going, tell them to do the same and leave with those that are willing to go, not in a panic, but quickly
Or if my family at home is in danger, I am out of there. Period!
If the owner was one of the last people to leave, then why wasn't he on the truck with the others? How did he get out with no terrifying story like all the employees?
Ego and greed over humanity earns you an eternity down under. Enjoy
That kind of thinking is how they get away with it while living. You go ahead and wait. I want justice NOW!
@@DistrustHumanz God wants us to be Discerning, He threw out lucifer and followers An example He'd like us to follow. The party of and for Criminals, despot dicktators, TRAITORS to all Americans, FAKE VIRTUE, terrorist, FRAUDSTERS CREATED AND PAID FOR OFF WE THE PEOPLE ...
push tolerance for that against our lives, the intolerant demon crat/marxist!. So many have swallowed the lefts dribble.
America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
Well said!!!😢
Why would you sit there and wait for somebody to tell you to leave.
or ask for permission, right? if the workfloor is flooding, just grab those nearest you and tell them, we are all leaving right now
America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
Weak ass men. I cannot even feel bad for them. Sheeple are real.
He was helping his other colleagues out
Prayers to the friends and family of those who lost their lives💕🙏
Files were more important than saving lives evidently.
Those people felt if management was not telling them to leave they would somehow be safe,boy this is beyond wrong 😢the man is a hero and I hope life gets horrible for upper management of this company!🙏❤️
🫡 a true leader trying to save his fellows. My deepest condolences to families.
What a brave man Johnny was- a true hero❤! Don't let the company boss get away with his lies!!!
This happened in my little town and we are so heartbroken. It's hard to imagine that some companies are still willing to put money and product over lives. Simply shameful. RIP Johnny, and everyone that needlessly lost their lives that day.
Nice to see the CEO safe in his sweater vest.
Your dad is a hero.
Such respect for Johnnie Peterson. May he R.I.P. 🇨🇦 The owners of that plant are responsible for those deaths..
Workers have to realize they are just a piece of equipment and are on their own, especially when things get hairy
JUSTICE IS COMING SOON
BS... been hearing that crap for over 50 years. Everyone just whines and expects someone else to make the sacrifice.
@@DistrustHumanz it's a new world. Don't be a little baby. Grow up.
@@landrecce humans are the same ole same ole good / e vile.
America is so limited on jobs, sent to china... and the left wants MORE regulations "to finish the job" of finishing us off! . We and our military are NAKED... What has been growing IS YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS home less, NO EXCUSES. KNOW history: 1893 demon crat president Cleveland with Carnegie n Frick, of many mansions; hired the pinkerton guards floated up river UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, but the river had eyes, they only KILLED 12 of our white PRODUCTIVE FELLOW AMERICANS. What did they want, they wanted them to take a pay cut, when their pay only covered the rent on the company slums, then Triangle factory of white women LOCKED IN and burned alive. Of course, the left blamed YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS....>>> Since people are so crazy made so by the lefty liars I tell white stories. Additionally, blacks Were PROTECTED from dangerous jobs. NO LIVES MATTER TO demon crat/marxist!
@@landrecce yt not letting history post. trying it again.
If he needs to read his statement from a piece of paper, it is not truth.
That water is horrifying. That's an awful way to die. Our home was flooded by the Clinch River in 1977; I was 13 years old. I remember seeing our home sitting in the middle of rusty, rushing water half way up the house. The floors were buckled, mud everywhere. It was a mess to clean up.
O'Conner is lying
Which is why he is the boss in the first place. Honest people don't thrive in this society.
Condolences to the family's of all that didn't make it. I know that water rose so fast it couldn't be judged but still shocked that no one looked at the road and made the call regardless of what Jerry said. What an idiot and liar, he will never have a day of peace. Saw a vid by one of the guys on that truck who was lucky enough to grab one of those coils and make it to the waters edge. Johnny was a true hero. I hope his story gets made into a feature length film. He deserves to be remembered.
The owner clearly stated he "was one of the last to leave".....not the last to leave.
RIP Johnny Peterson you will be remembered as a hero!
i know if he was he would have a different(if any)story to tell. He will never have a day of peace or a decent nights rest.
Spin will not cover this sin.
That overweight old coot was not one of last to leave..... He probably was never there that day...
That overweight old coot was no where close to being last to leave.... he probly wasn't there that day.. lies/ God sees all..
Job scared ain't no way to live.
Sounds like a Big Lawsuit towards the company
O'Conner should be charged with murder!
WHAT A LIAR! The boss wasn’t even there, there was a woman that kept telling them they couldn’t nleave!
i would say FU lady and leave. if they ALL left, it's unlikely the boss would want to stop and re-hire whole new staff. capitalism logic. it would cost him more money and lost production hours for retraining.
WTF is wrong with that owner?
What a greedy bastard . Profit before people .
Greed, that plant should have been shut down.
Greed is everywhere and being ignored.
IMPACT PLASTICS BE GOING DOWN...
How sad. Bless you and your family.
Greed is a mental illness, just look at the "intent" behind the owner of that company. He didn't care about his staff, all he cared about was himself.
What that goul of a person didn't care about his workers ? I'm shocked
I watched Gerald O'Conner and was not impressed at all.
I live in Johnson City Tennessee, not far away at all. A day after the storm my 24-year-old son sent me a screenshot saying "impact plastic employees told they would be fired if they left" I did a quick Google search, didn't see anything so I texted back it's probably fake news. Sadly I was wrong News broke about this story around noon here on Monday. My aunt worked with 2 who passed. EVERY EMPLOYEE NEEDS TO SUE THE 💩 OUT OF THIS MAN.
it's so horrible to be threatened with being fired when obviously a dangerous event is unfolding. i bet from the initial flooding they thought that was it and leaving was overreacting. a lot of people don't understand that if you see even that much water, RUN. that the rest can come in a flash.
he should be sued for *reckless endangerment* and criminally charged. he left because he felt it was unsafe, then gambled the rest of their lives. disgusting.
not sure why you defaulted to 'fake news'. just on account that there's a lot less of it than people toss around. and that story was also really specific. nature of news is some people hear first especially when it's direct accounts, before the story breaks. (so you guys also had that one dam fail. there WAS fake stuff going on and being told that similar was happening in NC, people believed it and evacuated even though NO public officials told them to evac or that there was a problem. so it caused issues for relief and rescue efforts but also put the evacuees at risk. idk why people think it's ok to make up stuff during a catastrophe. also, weird that it came from the people that always call things fake news. and here, this was in fact fake. people making up stuff like that should get sued. i think no one was hurt but i'm not sure. some areas are still treacherous for trying to evacuate suddenly and without support services.)
Easy to underestimate a hurricane is just wind and rain until you see this! 0:42
The disgust of all of these American business owners with no integrity so disgusting the direction this country has gone and won’t come back
This nation was founded on an economy of piracy and profiteering. The People have to hold on for dear life somehow.
This was a once in a thousand year storm I heard.. Common sense would say get the heck to safety. that owner guy is not to blame imo, this all happened fast for most of the state. to lose one is too many, but this lawyering up and blaming the boss.owner isnt going to bring peace to anyones family. in a flash flood or activ shooter type situations its everyone get to safety however you can, usually.
@@everythingisIAM won’t bring them back. But if it makes there life less stressful getting paid from an asshole CEO. Fuck yea take all his money. Watch his video the ceo put out. Pure shit
The owner is a disgusting human being. People should have just left. People died because of the owners greed.
Seriously, why did they wait for permission to leave with things this dire? Lawsuits coming.
oh i hope they sue the HELL out of this wretch. jezus. it's sickening.
such quick thinking on the part of the supervisor. if only the truck hadn't flipped.....
Captain of the ship abandoned the ship first to save his greedy butt. He needs to be held accountable for his coward act and the fact of what happened in the death of many. The blood is on his hands, he may not be held on earth, but he will be accounting in front of God, and he better be afraid. If not he worships the Golden Calf and just like Dathan, he will end up just like him.
This company deserves to lose everything. Pure greed!!!!!!!
it should say: rescued C0-WORKERS, as by saying "workers' it seems like he didn't work there with them
Important files!? Who the fuck cares about that, where did that get you?
Owner is stereo type of GREEDY, SELFISH, SWEEP IT UNDER THE CARPET AND REDIRECT BLAME !!!
IMPORTANT FILES BEFORE LIVES!
Damn! loss of life could have been prevented 😢 the plant is to blame also ...r.i.p.🙏
Rescue important files what a scumbag
Proffit over people
What the heck Gerald?!!! Greed.
For the love of money is the Root of all evil.
MONEY was that man's friend and not the workers.
So sad.... So sorry to all 😢 ^i^
There is another video corroborating this story from another employee at this factory.
The owner is lying to cover his a-s
It is always ordinary people suffer most, because they trust the best of human nature, however richest ones never have thought that way and people do not realize that.
Guess their employees don't mean much. I would have said bye bye long before. No job is worth that type of lack of respect.
No retirement they got it . Greedy liar . They should of had a way to the roof but they didn’t.
How can you let people work in a foot of water with equipment I'm not figure out this might be an issue
Wow!!
Employee of the month??? 👀
O'Connor looks like the kind of guy who would be wearing a white robe and hood - just like Senator Robert Byrd.
he looks like he got hit with the mitch mcconnell stick. another evil turtle man.
So sad! 🙏🙏🙏
They didn't decide to leave???
Fear of losing a job in a depressed area is a strong motivator to not leave. Scary, huh? Never been there, wouldn't understand.
@@JamesAllmondFear of losing one's life should always trump fear of losing one's job.
@@donnaleveron5711SHOULD but is not
so i bet that like a lot of people they didn't know how to assess risk with flooding. what they showed in the factory, they could have thought that was all of it. or it wouldn't get much worse. you see this in videos people put out about events like these. and by the time you realize it's NOT stopping, you can't get out. most people don't know that once you see waters rise, you need to GTFO now. because more is likely coming. i think if anyone KNEW it would potentially get a lot worse they would have fled.
but yeah, threatened with losing your livelihood and where there aren't a lot of jobs.... that's a scary proposition because you NEED to have income. and your family relies on you.
the survivors and families need to sue him into the grave. this is beyond disgusting. that guy needs to be taken for all he's worth. as a person, not much, but as a capitalist, plenty.
I do think understand why ppl are working when there was like a warning of bad weather…😢
That's Tennessee for you.
Do you expect anything more from millionaires
We are a family business and we are millionaires. Many times we have closed our business during extreme weather events so we and the employees have time to prepare, evacuate, and/or hunker down. Our employees really are family. Don’t paint a whole class of people with the same negative brush.
@@virginiawaters3220you want a medal for being a decent human being? Don’t throw out your shoulder patting yourself on the back
@@virginiawaters3220 You are so right! Not everyone that is poor, middle class, or upper class do the same!
I would of told my boss to go hell and i would of walked away
What a pile pure gristle 🤮
You got to look out for yourself they all should have left as soon as water 💦 was coming in to the plant don't wait for permission?
😔
The owners should acknowledge his Heroism with a plaque in the new lobby, unionization (with emergency management) for the workers and scholarships for his children! Period. Move on or finish what the flood started!
Tennessee powers acting like this doesn’t surprise me.
I RAISE MY WAGE UP 100 WHATABURGERS CRIMINAL CHARGES COMING SOON!
Wow! Way to go 'down with the ship' Cap'n.! 😳😬
Personally, I would not have waited till the boss gave permission to leave__the workers could have banded together, shut down the works, and left to be with their families.
Yes the boss was wrong. But the employees had to be slow aint no way I’m staying during a flood
DIDNT THIS SAME THING HAPEN IN KATRINA OR SOMETHING LIKE A GOOGLE OR AN AMAZON PLANT OR SOMETHING???
Maybe you are thinking of the candle factory that was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield Kentucky a couple of years ago.
be mad at the idiots that stayed not the boss. 😂😂😂
Just what people SHOULD NOT DO... Tearing each other apart. Sorry for the loss 😞. Going after a business owner is disgusting 😕. Remember no amount of money will change what happened. Letting lawyers and media start blame games is sad. Reading comments blaming the owner based on assumptions is vulture like lynching.
going after a business owner WHO GOT HIMSELF OUT, then ordered employees to stay or he'd FIRE them.... that man deserves as little respect as there is to give, and criminal charges. HE is disgusting, not the people that outcry over this. i would not condone physical violence but this man needs to be taken to court and held responsible.2nd or 3rd degree murder or criminal negligence.
and here, in this world, you get women getting criminally charged because they had a miscarriage. and yet they get held liable for murder, and this guy doesn't? make that make sense.
you're being really skewed here, on this.
Stupidman
Its fine to be upset, its fine to think the guys an asshole, but grow up comment section. As an adult, you are ultimately responsible for taking care of yourself in terms of decision making. I'd have been gone once my vehicle was in a few inches of water.
you say to grow up, but as a person who is grown and has BILLS and needs to eat, and in a depressed area without many jobs..... you don't want to overreact. and they likely didn't know that the water would get truly dangerous. many people don't understand about flooding, and that if there is some, there could be a LOT more and you have to GTFO well before it's scary.
the comment section is being appropriate.
i think it could be that you just lack perspective for the whole of the situation.
@@lurklingX yeah, well when you die at your boss's behest I'll say a prayer for you. You aren't bothering at all to look at the flip side of this are you?
So you just ignore everyone and leave. Do you actually think they'd get fired for missing half of one day if they didn't get the flood? This is what I mean by grow up....open your mind a bit and think it thru. No job is worth it, but I don't think anyone is losing their job over choosing safety first.
The comment section is like all of them after every disaster.....blame and blame and blame and blame and blame.
It's the south for you. Won't unionize.Piss poor labor laws. Right to stay poor laws.Oops meant right to work laws. Child labor. Zero enforcement. Zero penalty's. Entirely pro management/owner
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The real Americans who use other Americans to make their bank accounts great. Please GOD let’s turn the page on these crooks and liars.
What?! A rich, white guy is lying???
what a weird video "we lost some good employees". ick. how about "WE LOST SOME GOOD PEOPLE"? he's saying it like a coal-hearted stone a$$ capitalist. no emotion. oh, a good friend, huh? BULLSHHT. not an ounce of emotion. and just because you work with/for/etc someone it doesn't make you friends. YOU didn't shut the job down. YOU. when all this was going on. reprehensible.
Are people that fing stupid
America. Everyone is lawsuit happy.
Which is why they keep losing.
Conner was greedy no doubt but people need to stop acting like these were kids. These were grown adults that had choices. Choice A stay working and pretend you know nothing about warnings that you had been getting since Tuesday or choice B leave work and get to safety. They chose to stay EVEN AFTER they all received a flash flood warning at 9:14 AM which gave them three hours to get out of that area. They could've walked to that mountain right behind that plant in under an hour. They chose to stay nobody had them chained to the floor or held at gun point. This is the problem in this country nobody wants to own up to there bad choices they want to blame everyone else instead. You best believe that if I had gotten a warning at 9:14 AM to get to higher ground to preserve life my ass would've been clocking out at 9:15 AM regardless what anyone said and why because I am an adult and I make my own choices I don't let others make them for me.
They were threatened with termination for leaving early. They never expected to be put in danger. This is american work ethic, so dont get sassy when it works against us.
@@bmanagement4657 And that is the story we should have heard. They all left and were fired. Not they chose to stay and died.
@@bmanagement4657 lmao, fuck them corpos. American work ethic. You tell your boss, "eat my feet" and then do as you wish.
Sir when the rich and the OWNER don't care about the poor and their factory works.
I'm glad that he recorded everything. They could have ran to the mountains and met the Sam disaster.
But the workers didn't own the factory. The OWNER OR A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY COULD HAVE WENT TO THE PLANT, AND PUT CLOSE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ON THE DOOR. NOW THE OWNER HAS BLOOD ON HIS HANDS FROM THE DEATH OF HIS DEDICATED WORKERS. THAT BIG BANK ACCOUNT HE MAY REBUILD OR CONTINUE TO CHERISH HIS FUNDS FOR HIS PERSONAL GAIN. I PRAY THAT THE LAWYER REPRESENT ALL THE FAMILIES. MONEY CANNOT BRING BACK A LOVE ONE. BUT AT LEAST THEY WILL HAVE BETTER HOMES, AND VEHICLES.
@bmanagement4657 then quit.they don't have a job now do they.
It sounds to me like the man did exactly what he wanted to do. To turn around and blame a company for something that is unforeseen until it happens is irrational. Lashing out to hurt someone because you're hurt, and probably, greed will shortly be rearing its ugly head.
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Don’t text and swim.
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😂😂😂 there it is!
You win the TDS award of the day!
Don’t forget to look for Trump under your bed before you go to sleep tonight.
These people are living proof of the failure of our educational system!!!!
Referring to the idiots defending Trump!
That's Capitalism.
If what he’s saying is 100% true why is he reading from a script? Why can’t he just say these things from his heart?
He didn't write that, some lawyer did.