The warehouse was reduced to rubble amid a string of tornadoes that has been hitting the midwest. Now, accounts from victims’ loved ones suggest the company’s actions during the storm may have compromised the safety of their workers. She said she received the text around 8:23pm, 16 minutes before the tornado reportedly touched down. “We heard the tornado didn’t touch down until 8:39 so he had 20 minutes to get home,” she said. The couple’s home is in nearby Collinsville, which Jones says is about 13 minutes away from the warehouse. “I messaged him and that was the last text message I got from him. I told him where we live, it was only lightning at the time. After that, I got nothing from him.” “He had a missile blow up in front of him like 200 yards away, so he was lucky over there,” she said of his deployment to Iraq. “When he was over there, he made his peace with the maker so he was prepared to die. But we didn’t want him to die now.” Above all else, their children were struggling to understand where their father was. “My oldest boy, he thinks that Daddy is going to come home, but now we have to tell him that Daddy’s not coming home,” she explained. “When my daughter came into the house, she was like, ‘Where’s Daddy? Where’s Daddy?’ And she started bawling because she knew something was wrong.” She said that their youngest doesn’t understand either and that they’re going to have to sit down with the kids and explain what happened. The company also said that they would be donating $1 million to the Edwardsville Community Foundation to support recovery efforts and that they were reaching out to the families affected to see if there was any way they could assist them financially. RELATED: Travis Scott Denies Legal Responsibility For Astroworld Deaths In First Public Interview Since Tragedy Isaac Serna-Diez is a writer who focuses on entertainment and news, social justice, and politics. Follow him on Twitter here.
