One family’s frantic race to save their mother as Helene flooded a Tennessee factory

Mourners gather during a vigil for victims of the Impact Plastics flooding as a helicopter continues search and rescue work in Erwin, Tenn., on Oct. 3.

Bertha Mendoza was one of the Tennessee factory workers swept away in Hurricane Helene’s flash flooding. Text messages show a family desperate to save her.

(Image credit: Jeff Roberson)

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