to anyone who experienced damage to your home or your business, we will pursue all available resources to help you recover. our iema teams on the ground have been in constant communication with local jurisdictions to support the emergency response by whatever means necessary and will continue to do so. my administration is committed to standing with edwardsville in every aspect of the immediate recovery as well as on the road to rebuild as a community. you are not alone. finally, i would like to ask every illinoisan in every corner of this state to take a moment to offer a prayer for the edwardsville and pontoone communities especially for families grieving today as well as all american who is have suffered at the hands of these
i want to recognize the tremendous overnight efforts of local emergency responders here in edwardsville, who moved quickly to assess the situation, locate those who are missing and save lives. so many have been engaged in assisting in these efforts, including st. clair county and st. louis city, st. louis county. madison county emergency management, madison county sheriff s department, pontoon beach police department, illinois state police, mitchell fire department, alton fire department, hamill fire department, madison fire department, glen carbon fire department and numerous other police, fire, ems agencies and machinery experts all are neighbors working to respond to this devastation. demonstrating that especially when tragedy strikes we are one
i m tremendously grateful to our state and local teams who were on the ground here through the night working to save lives. last night severe storms swept through central illinois and metro east with a tornado touching down in madison, cass, moltrie, shoals and fayette counties. amidst these conditions, the edwardsville community experienced great tragedy. the structural collapse of an amazon warehouse with workers inside. it brings me great sorrow to confirm that at this time six individuals have lost their lives in the collapse with an additional person receiving medical treatment. search and recovery operations are ongoing. this is a tragic day in illinois history, and i would like for a moment to speak directly to the families whose loved ones lost
ones and injured and make sure that the community as a whole can recover and they offer today do that. does that mean financially and did you ask them to let amazon workers in other facilities? i didn t have a specific conversation about the hours of their workers or whether they would be going home today. i can only imagine that most of them are but what we spoke about was the financial assistance and amazon s presence being engaged with the community in the recovery effort. thank you. jon: somber news conference in edwardsville as there have been string of tornadoes hit at least half a dozen states in the south and central u.s. less than 24 hours ago and have learned from jb pritzker that six peopled were killed in the amazon warehouse and they have not yet accounted for everybody who was working there at the time.
means necessary and will continue to do so. my administration is committed to standing with edwardsville in every aspect of the immediate recovery as well as on the road to rebuild as a community. you are not alone. finally, i would like to ask every illinoisan in every corner of this state to take a moment to offer a prayer for the edwardsville and pontoon beach communities, and especially for the families who are grieving today. as well as for all americans who have suffered at the hands of this weekend s storms. this is a difficult end to a difficult year. unfortunately, the people of this state have been asked too many times over the last few years to persevere during difficult times. but time and again illinoisans find a way to do just that,