The company’s HR staff worked through the night Saturday into Sunday to call the emergency contact numbers for the missing as more power and phone lines came back online.
Sadly, eight employees were also confirmed dead, while another eight are still missing, according to company spokesperson Bob Ferguson.
“Many of the employees were gathered in the tornado shelter and after the storm was over, they left the plant and went to their homes,” Ferguson said. “With the power out and no landline, they were hard to reach initially. We’re hoping to find more of those eight unaccounted as we try their home residences.”…