Patricia Borges survived a lethal explosion at the R.M. Palmer chocolate factory in Pennsylvania after falling through the floor into a tank of chocolate.
Rubble leftover after an explosion at the R.M. Palmer Chocolate Factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania.
The water from the firefighters' hoses would eventually begin to fill the tank, forcing her to climb out to avoid drowning. Borges clung to a floating piece of plastic pipe and waited for help. In the middle of the night, she saw a light and cried out to responders. She was then taken to safety.Borges said she and others had complained about a gas odor about 30 minutes before the factory blew up. She is angry Palmer didn’t immediately evacuate. She said the deaths of her co-workers — including her close friend, Judith Lopez-Moran — could've been prevented.
Patricia Borges was pulled alive from the rubble of the R.M. Palmer Co. factory, a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, after an explosion that killed seven co-workers. R.M. Palmer said in a statement Saturday that everyone at the company was"devastated" and it was reaching out to employees and their families through first responders and disaster recovery organizations because its communication systems were down.on Wednesday released the identifies of five of the people who were killed: Xiorky D. Nunez, 30, of Reading; Susan H. Halvonik, 63, of Upper Providence Township; Michael D. Breedy, 62, of Marion Township; Diana M.
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