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Amazon says it has supplied its “full support” to an worker who was injured within the New Orleans terrorist assault, after the sufferer instructed the press she had been denied time without work to recuperate and feared she would wish to discover a new job.
The corporate and founder Jeff Bezos had been hit with harsh criticism on social media Friday morning, over a report from NOLA.com about Amazon employee Alexis Scott-Windham, who survived after being hit by the truck pushed via a crowd on Bourbon Avenue and was additionally shot within the assault that occurred within the early hours of New 12 months’s Day.
A police officer patrols the French Quarter after an assault by a person driving a truck down Bourbon Avenue the day earlier than, early on January 2, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
The outlet reported that Scott-Windham, a mother from Cellular, Alabama, nonetheless has a bullet lodged in her foot.
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“She’ll need to return to an orthopedist in two weeks to check on her foot,” NOLA.com reported. “But the Amazon warehouse where she works denied her request for a leave of absence, and she worries she’ll have to find a new job once she’s recovered.”
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When reached for remark by FOX Enterprise, Amazon mentioned the corporate had simply discovered on Friday morning that Scott-Windham had mistakenly requested the incorrect kind of go away, and the corporate is making it proper.
“We’ve reached out to Ms. Scott-Windham to offer her our full support, including pay, as she recovers from this senseless act of violence,” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel mentioned in an announcement. “We wish her a full recovery and look forward to welcoming her back to work once she’s able.”
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Scott-Windham was certainly one of dozens of individuals injured within the assault that left 15 individuals useless, together with the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar.
