JEFF Bezos is being slammed online after celebrating his Blue Origin space trip instead of the collapse at one of his Amazon warehouses which ended up killing six people.
A tornado barreled through Edwardsville, Illinois, hitting an Amazon warehouse that trapped around 100 workers inside. Six of them perished as a result.
The Amazon founder made no mention of the tragedy when he went on social media praising a successful landing of one of his Blue Origin missions.
“Happy crew this morning in the training center,” the billionaire wrote on Instagram along with a photo of “Good Morning America” host Michael Strahan, a daughter of Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard and four others.
A majority of the comments applauded Bezos on the successful mission but others weren’t so kind.
“You should worry about the tornado situation more,” wrote one user.
Another person asked, “Will any of your Amazon workers take flight?”
On Twitter, the blasting of the billionaire continued.
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“Workers at the Amazon warehouse in Evansville, Illinois died from being forced to work in a tornado so that Jeff Bezos could fly himself to space,” said a user.
In all caps, one user wrote, “SHAME ON JEFF BEZOS!!!”
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Search and rescue teams are at the collapsed warehouse, trying to assess the situation and account for those who haven’t been recovered.
Around 30 people were pulled from the building after it collapsed around 8:30pm Friday night.
“We’re deeply saddened by the news that members of our Amazon family passed away as a result of the storm in Edwardsville, IL,” said an Amazon Spokesperson.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their loved ones, and everyone impacted by the storm. We also want to thank all the first responders for their ongoing efforts on scene.
“We’re continuing to provide support to our employees and partners in the area.”
Bezos still has not commented on the incident.
‘GUT-WRENCHING, NAUSEATING AND HEARTBREAKING’
One of the victims who died in the collapse, 29-year-old Clayton Cope, tried to warn his fellow workers about the tornado.
“He just said he needed to tell someone that [the tornado] was coming,” his mother, Carla Cope, told The Daily Beast. “He had a big heart and he was a very sweet man.”
Clayton’s mother went to the warehouse after the storm passed on Friday, looking for her son. She learned hours later from authorities that Clayton didn’t make it.
“[It was] gut-wrenching, nauseating and heartbreaking,” Cope said.
When Clayton wasn’t at his job, his mother said that he “loved riding his Harley and fishing.”
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