Family of worker killed in Kentucky plant blast mourns and hires attorneys to investigate
The family of a worker killed in an explosion at a Louisville manufacturing plant says they begged authorities to search the wreckage for his remains after they were told all employees were accounted for
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The family of a worker killed last week in an explosion at a Louisville manufacturing plant said Monday they begged authorities to search the wreckage for his remains after they were told all employees were accounted for.
Kevens Dawson Jr.'s body was found inside the Givaudan Color Sense plant after rescuers returned to the building late in the night at the family's urging, Dawson's girlfriend, Malaika Watson, told reporters Monday.
The Nov. 12 afternoon explosion at the factory that makes colorings for the food industry rocked the surrounding neighborhood, left two workers dead and injured 11. Dozens of homes around the plant in eastern Louisville had their windows shattered and the percussion from the blast knocked pictures off walls and cracked drywall in some homes. Investigators said Monday they believe a cooking vessel in the plant overheated, causing the blast.
Lawyers retained by Dawson's family pledged to find the cause of the blast and why Dawson was unaccounted for for several hours.
“We're going to get to the bottom of everything that happened here, so none of the family has to go through what Kevens Dawson's family is going through today,” Ben Crump, a high-profile civil rights attorney, said at an afternoon news conference Monday.
Dawson's family said he worked at the plant for just over a year and would have turned 50 years old this week. He had three adult children.
Watson became emotional as she recounted how she was told to go to three different hospitals to see if Dawson had been
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