I am sure most of you have seen it on the news. 2 trains collided in Graniteville, SC, releasing chlorine gas into the air. That is about 10 miles from where I was born and raised. There are people we know working in that very mill 50 feet from the site. My pregnant daughter lives just a few miles away in Augusta, GA. So far 8 people are known dead, 50 critical, and hundreds hospitalized. They are still doing house-to-house searches looking for people to evacuate, but anyone within a mile radius that are still in their homes are presumed dead. The news said dead animals are everywhere. There are many elderly people in that community that have lived there all their lives, and some of them probably did not get out. I have been trying to reach a dear friend that lives in that area, and cannot reach her.
Graniteville is a beautiful little town with the textile mills their only source of income in most cases. Generations of families have worked in the same mill. It will never be the same. Please remember these poor people in your prayers.
Graniteville is a beautiful little town with the textile mills their only source of income in most cases. Generations of families have worked in the same mill. It will never be the same. Please remember these poor people in your prayers.