an operation is still under way at a candle factory in mayfield. more than 100 workers were on the night shift when the tornado tore through. a0 people managed to make it out. in the state of illinois, an amazon factory is looking for its missing employees. the amazon founderjeff bezos pledged to offer support. the governor here in kentucky says this is the deadliest tornado event the state has ever had. president biden has signed a federal emergency disaster declaration to help this state and others ravaged by the storms. nomia iqbal, bbc news, kentucky. i m joined now by misty thomas, the executive director for the red cross in western kentucky. she s been on the ground in mayfield, the worst hit area. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme, and i can only
misty thomas is on her way to mayfield, kentucky one of the hardest hit areas. but she pulled over to the side of the road for this interview, thank you for taking time. we want your sense how hard your area has been hit and how people can help. thank you, griff. for the opportunity. to pull over and share how people can help western kentucky and kentucky as a whole right now. as you heard at the beginning of your news section that governor andy beshear has declared this a historic event if kentucky, a catastrophic event of lives lost is what i heard him say. so right now, we re all in shock of what our commonwealth has suffered. and the red cross is doing what we do. our mission is to alleviate human suffering so our volunteers, they re coordinating and strategizing with our emergency management crews, sheltering on the
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POTSDAM Terron Evans, Jr., 26, died unexpectedly on Friday morning, January 8, 2021. Terron is the eldest son of local BLM leader, Jennifer Baxtron.
Terron was born on February 24, 1994, in Syracuse, New York, a son to Jen ThomasBidwell (Jennifer Baxtron) and Terron Evans, Sr. He attended Syracuse City Schools in Syracuse, NY and obtained his GED at Thomas Nelson Community College in Newport News, VA.
To know Terron is to love him. His wisdom was that of someone twice his age. His kindness for all people was evident in everything he did, wherever he went. Terron always had a huge smile on his face, and that smile of his was so infectious. Terron made mistakes in life for which he paid dearly, and his mental health and addiction struggles were known by many in his family and throughout the community.