Tornado Ravaged RV Plant Rises With Volunteer Help

Earlier this week we wrote about the Indiana RV maker, Franklin Coach, flattened by a recent tornado. We're happy to report the company is making strides toward a comeback--this with the help of their own out-of-work employees.

Speaking of fellow Franklin Coach employees, long-time worker Cecil Fitzgerald told reporters from WSBT TV news, “They just all come in, all just pitch in to do whatever they can and they pretty well know what needs to be done, so that's what they are doing."

"I think this little community, everybody just pitched in, and no questions, they just all jumped right in and went to work for whatever needed to be done,” Fitzgerald told interviewers. “There's just help all over." For the full story visit WSBT's website.

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Tornado Wipes Out RV Plant

A tornado that mowed through an Indiana town left hundreds of new RVs destroyed in its wake. Of even greater concern is the yet-determined fate of hundreds of jobs put on the line when that tornado flattened one RV manufacturing plant and damaged another in Nappanee, Indiana last week.

Gulf Stream Coach says that while over 100 of its units that were in production were damaged or destroyed, the actual facilities could be up and running as early as tomorrow. However, another RV builder across the street from the Gulf Stream plant was not so fortunate. Speaking of the family owned RV maker, Franklin Coach, a Gulf Stream representative said, "There's nothing even there anymore, that's not an exaggeration."

The latest reports indicate that Franklin is working toward getting back on its feet. Company officials are said to be looking for a temporary manufacturing location while rebuilding on their existing property.

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