Name: Pilgrim's Pride employee with COVID-19 speaks about conditions in poultry plant
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Description: "I have pain everywhere. Everything hurts. I can barely breathe," said an employee from Pilgrim's Pride in Sanford who tested positive for COVID-19. With a weakened immune system and high-risk health conditions, they consider it a fight for their life.

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"I have pain everywhere. Everything hurts. I can barely breathe," said an employee from Pilgrim's Pride in Sanford who tested positive for COVID-19. With a weakened immune system and high-risk health conditions, they consider it a fight for their life.

ARE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO REOPEN AS SOME ARE DOING SOONER THAN OTHERS. BACK TO YOU. >>> IS IN FOR A WOMAN THAT WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER WORKPLACE CONDITIONS IS NOW FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE IN THE HOSPITAL. WE ARE LOOKING INSIDE HER BATTLE. >> APRIL 21 AS THE DATE THIS PROGRAM FRIDAY EMPLOYEE WILL NEVER FORGET. IT IS WHEN A COWORKER THAT KNEW ABOUT THIS EMPLOYEES UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. >>  I CALLED THE DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY. >> THE PLAY WAS ON THE JOB WHEN LEARNING THE NEWS  AND SAID THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY LEFT THE PRODUCTION LINE THAT THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR JOB. >>  THEY WOULDN'T LET US GO AND WE WEREN'T SHOWING ANY SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE. THEY WANTED PROOF FOR YOU TO LEAVE. >> ON THURSDAY, THE EMPLOYEE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AMBER FRIDAY, THE INDIVIDUAL WAS JUST ABOUT BEDRIDDEN. ON SATURDAY, THE EMPLOYEE WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME BREATHING. >>  I HAD TO MAKE A LIST OF THE PEOPLE I WAS IN CONTACT WITH. >> DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE ELSE THAT MAY HAVE TESTED POSITIVE SO FAR? >>  IF NOBODY DOES, THEY STILL HAVE TO WORK. >> WE HAVE REACH OUT TO PROGRAMS PRIDE TODAY  BUT HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM. IN PAST INDICATIONS, THEY SET A FULL-TIME NURSE NOW TAKES EMPLOYEE TEMPERATURES AND MASKS AND OTHER PREVENTATIVE MEASURES HAVE ALSO BEEN TAKEN TO HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. >>  I HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME BUT I WANTED TO BE KNOWN THAT THEY HAVE TO GET OUT OF THAT PLANT. THE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THAT PLANT. >> I WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE EMPLOYEE THIS MORNING  AND THEY SAY THEY ARE GETTING BETTER. THEY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT AND PRAYERS THEY ARE GETTING

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Pilgrim's Pride employee with COVID-19 speaks about conditions in poultry plant

Ken Smith and his wife Amanda welcomed twin girls on Nov. 30, 2022! Leah Marie and Louisa Marion, named after their grandmothers, entered the world one minute apart. Amanda is doing great, and 1-year-old Frankie is going to make a great big brother. 

RALEIGH. ANOTHER UPDATE ABOUT 10 MINUTES JUST. O'BRIEN. WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE THIS EXCITING BREAKING NEWS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS MORNING. KEN SMITH AND HIS WIFE AMANDA WELCOME. THEIR TWIN GIRLS. THEY ENTERED THE WORLD YESTERDAY. A MINUTE APART. FIRST CAME, LEAH MARIE AT 7 POUNDS, ONE OUNCE. >> AND LOUISA MARION WEIGHING 7 POUNDS. 6 OUNCES FOLLOWED AFTER CAN SAYS LEAH AND LOUISE ARE NAMED AFTER THEIR GRANDMOTHERS. KEN'S GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHER. >> AMANDA IS DOING GREAT. AND FRANKIE IS GOING TO MAKE A GREAT BIG BROTHER. KEN IS OVER THE MOON AND SO ARE WE SO PRECIOUS AND WE'RE SO HAPPY FOR THE SMITH FAMILY. I LOVE THE HISTORY ATTESTS TO THE NAMES AND 3 UNDER 3 HOUSEHOLD. I MEAN, IT WAS ONLY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THAT FRANKIE WAS BORN, HE WAS 11 POUNDS. IF YOU REMEMBER AND THESE 2 BABIES, MORE THAN 7 POUNDS, 8. AMANDA, YOU'RE A ROCK THEY ARE PRECIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL. AND WE LOVE JUST. >> TALKING ABOUT AND SEEING THEM HERE. NOW. IT'S FANTASTIC

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Packages left on the side of a highway by a FedEx driver are rescued by an Ohio man.


Zach Arnwine and his fiancee were driving along state road 1 23 just east of route four on friday evening. His fiancee saw a Fedex truck with its flashers on and she thought it looked like the driver was throwing something on the side of the road when we turned around he was already gone. So we pulled up where he was and there was packages laying everywhere so we decided to pick him up. Here's a picture of Zach and his newfound packages. What do you think when you saw the package is just sitting there horrible. Like that's something that you wish to never, you would never see. I called every number on each box and told them that I had their package and I will deliver them to their house. So you were going to be the delivery guy for the night? What did they think when you, when they got the calls from you? They were amazed, they were wondering how I got their phone number and their package but I explained the situation and they got their package delivered. What did some of the other people say when you delivered the package, just amazed, kept thanking me so much because they said the package was delivered and it never was Royce charbonneau was one of those customers. He got a text message from Fedex saying that his package and the second one had been delivered on the way home. We get a call number, I don't know and I usually don't answer numbers. I don't know but I did. And it was a guy named Zack and he said he had our package when you got that call and kind of heard the story of what had happened, would you think? I didn't believe it at first, but then after I met Zach and you know and that I met him in person and talk to one person and you know, I believe that charbonneau filed a complaint, says Fedex told him it's under investigation. You're not very hopeful. It sounds like no, not at all. I asked Zach about why he chose to deliver the packages instead of just dropping them off at the police station. He says he wanted to make sure that each package got to where it was supposed to be and didn't end up in an evidence room or something else over the holidays. Now he says that he has reached out to Fedex several times but has not been able to speak to anyone in german township. I'm christian hauser

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The parents of a 25-year-old North Carolina college student are pushing for answers after their daughter was killed on a trip to Mexico with six of her friends. More than a month after the mysterious death, Mexican authorities have issued an arrest warrant for one of those friends.

It was the perfect warm weather getaway until something terrible happened and 25 year olds Anquela Robinson wound up dead in Mexico, I just sit back and wait on God because like I said, she's gonna get justice on October 28. She Anquela traveled from her home in North Carolina to Mexico with six friends. They booked a villa in cabo. These are images taken from a disturbing video circulating online. Her father confirms to CNN, the video shows Anquela being thrown to the floor and beaten on the head. It's unclear when the video was taken or if it depicts the moment she suffered the fatal injury. According to a copy of the death certificate obtained by CNN affiliate. WSOC shank. Well as cause of death was severe spinal cord injury and atlas looks ation which is instability or excessive movement in the uppermost neck vertebrae. The death certificate also notes that just about 15 minutes passed between the time she was injured and her death were just waiting for someone to be arrested. Originally, the people shank Willow was traveling with who her parents say. We're all friends from college told her parents she Anquela died from alcohol poisoning. Something's not adding up right here not adding up because prosecutors in Mexico say evidence shows the death resulted from a direct attack, not an accident and involved one of shang quellos. Female friends, the suspect has not been named and no one has been charged. But mexican authorities confirm an arrest warrant has been issued for the crime of femicide, the killing of a woman because of her gender. If you know quill is, she always get away so she's gonna get justice. So I'm not worried about that. I'm more so disappointed that she was around people that she thought were her friends. The FBI is investigating and Mexican prosecutors are looking to extradite the suspect once they locate her. Ella's mother had spoken with her daughter the day before she died and said she sounded happy. She was laughing and talking and said chef was getting ready to cook them some tacos and um I said, well okay, enjoy yourself, love you, I will talk to you tomorrow. And I never spoke with her again. She Anquela was a student at Winston Salem State University in north Carolina. Her father says she loved gymnastics and also had her own hair braiding business. Her parents say she had a heart of gold and never mistreated anybody. Hundreds turned out to pay their respects at san Carlos funeral. Her parents are vowing to be her voice and fight for justice as they try to move forward without what her father calls his only jewel

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A widow explains what happened when her husband undergoing treatment at a hospital suddenly caught fire.


this is a photo from Kathy and bobby Ray Stark's wedding. They were married for nearly 35 years and for the last seven years she took care of him after he had multiple strokes recently he took a turn for the worse and needed to go to the hospital. Eventually he ended up at Tristar centennial Medical Center. Then on thanksgiving now Kathie says his heart stopped when doctors went to shock him. Something terrible happened when the oxygen exploded. I just went to pieces. She believes a spark from the defibrillator somehow caught the oxygen on fire. They were all over that room. I mean there were like 10 to 12 people and it just blew and they started padding down and I saw his hand and I was on fire and I was saying like put him out or something like that bobby Ray was taken to the burn unit at skyline where he died. The hospital issued a statement expressing their condolences. We extend our deepest sympathies to this family for the loss of their loved one. While we cannot discuss specifics, we are reviewing the care provided to the patient and the functionality of equipment. Meanwhile bobby Ray's daughter Joyce wants a more detailed explanation. They were telling her that there was a faulty wire in one of the pads which caused a spark which causes oxygen to explode. But this isn't the first time. Something like this has happened last year in Houston, a patient was in cardiac arrest when a fire broke out while a defibrillator was being used. Eventually that patient died two moving forward. Joyce and Kathy. What precautions put in place because I don't want this to happen to anybody else ever?

Woman watched as husband burned in hospital room

A 10-year-old boy in Wisconsin was charged as an adult in his mother's shooting death.


It's still a surprise when there's a shooting around these quiet neighborhood Steve Frisch has lived near 87th and hemlock for more than two decades. His quiet neighborhood was shaken up last week after police say a 10 year old boy killed, his mother described the family as average. He just asked me how I'm doing this stuff like that. According to a criminal complaint. The boy originally told police he accidentally shot his mom when he was twirling the gun. But the next day the family called police with serious concerns. They say the boy told his aunt he was actually aiming the gun at his mother. According to detectives, the boy said he got the gun because he was mad at his mom for waking him up at six in the morning and that she would not allow him to order a virtual reality headset from amazon Police say the boy told them he got the gun by taking his mom's keys to the gun safe. He says he took up a shooting stand and that he wanted to shoot the wall to scare her, but she walked in front of him. Family told the police the boy had quote rage issues all his life and at four years old picked up a puppy by its tail and swung it around until it wind in pain. The criminal complaint states that six months ago, the 10 year old filled the balloon with flammable liquid and set it on fire, which caused a sectional and carpet in their home to catch fire. A sibling told police, the 10 year old was meat with a therapist who gave him a concerning diagnosis that led his mother to place cameras inside their home. The cameras were unplugged two weeks ago. A family member told, police quote, they felt bad for not stepping in earlier because they knew that eventually something bad was going to happen this morning. We asked Mayor Kevlar johnson about the charges the 10 year old is facing anytime. There's violence that happens in Milwaukee. Whether it's committed by somebody who's 10 years old or much older than that, uh, that gives me pause. I don't want to see anybody hurt or lose their lives in the city. In this particular case, I don't have the details just yet. This is something that is just coming to my attention just this morning.

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A Kansas man credits his dog for saving his life during a house fire.


I feel like I haven't even processed this yet. Um yeah, I don't know man, I don't know. It's hard to put into words for the first time in the daylight. Tyler Rebel has seen his entire life in a pile of ash after this devastating fire destroyed his home sunday night. But in the wake of tragedy, Rebel can't help but feel thankful she's my best friend man. She's a good dog, She's my hero right now and I really, I'm really proud of her. Rebel says his six year old dog, Monroe is the only reason he's alive. She didn't even hesitate. She knew something was wrong and she had to get me out of there and that's what she did. He says it all started when he decided to take a sunday nap while watching football. She jumped on the bed and just instantly was like nudging my head and whining and like you know like a cry kind of like a whimper. Rebel woke up to a thick cloud of black smoke that filled his entire house, barely able to see, barely able to breathe. He grabbed Monroe, ran down the hall and barely made it past the flames racing toward his room. I think we got out in the Canton man. Just really lucky. Uh, if I, I think if she wasn't there, I wouldn't have made it out alive for sure while Rebel has a long road ahead. He says he has a new perspective on what truly matters in life. I think we take a lot for granted, you know and all the all that stuff in there is what matters, you know, it can all be replaced. She can't like I can't, it is a very humbling experience.

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