Community remembers victims of plant disaster in Gainesville with prayer vigil WSBTV.com News Staff UP NEXT
Family and friends of six workers killed in a chemical leak at a Gainesville poultry plant held a prayer vigil for them Saturday afternoon.
Six people died and at least 12 were seriously injured when liquid nitrogen, which is used to freeze food coming off the line, poured into the plant. Three people remain in critical condition.
Channel 2′s Christian Jennings was at the Foundation Foods plant Saturday night, where mourners gathered for a powerful and emotional vigil.
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A few hundred people gathered outside the plant in front of a beautiful memorial set up outside.
Investigations begins after 6 killed by chemical leak at Gainesville food processing plant
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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A vigil is planned for Saturday after a deadly accident at a Gainesville chicken plant.
GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Authorities have identified the six people killed in a chemical leak at a Gainesville food processing plant Thursday morning as new details emerge and stories of the harrowing experience.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims on Friday as: 45-year-old Jose DeJesus Elias-Cabrera of Gainesville; 35-year-old Corey Alan Murphy of Clermont; 28-year-old Nelly Perez-Rafael of Gainesville; 41-year-old Saulo Suarez-Bernal of Dawsonville; 38-year-old Victor Vellez of Gainesville; and 28-year-old Edgar Vera-Garcia of Gainesville.
Holyoke Community College Foundation introduces new directors
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
HCC Foundation Inc. a charitable arm of the college, has announced the college s new directors and officers.
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The nonprofit fundraising arm of Holyoke Community College has added seven new members to its Board of Directors and elected new officers.
The HCC Foundation, Inc., voted three-year director’s terms for four alumni of the college, and three others.
The alumni are Nikki Burnett of Springfield, the executive director of Educare Springfield; Cynthia Shea Desroches of South Hadley, the treasurer and manager of Holyoke Postal Credit Union; Deana McPherson of Granville, chief Financial Officer for Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.; and Israel Rivera of Holyoke, area studies program manager for the Center of Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst.