Dominic Anthony Walsh
OUTLETS
, a new podcast produced by Texas Public Radio in collaboration with Houston Public Media. This is the first story in a series about chemical disasters in Texas.It was an early Friday morning last January, in Houston's Westbranch neighborhood. Gilberto Mendoza Cruz was asleep when a ceiling collapsed on him.A nearby industrial warehouse, the Watson Grinding and Manufacturing facility, had exploded.Cruz went to the emergency room and was eventually released. He moved his wife and their two children into a hotel because their home was destroyed.Two weeks later Cruz died, his lawyer says, from...…, a new podcast produced by Texas Public Radio in collaboration with Houston Public Media. This is the first story in a series about chemical disasters in Texas.It was an early Friday morning last January, in Houston's Westbranch neighborhood. Gilberto Mendoza Cruz was asleep when a ceiling collapsed on him.A nearby industrial warehouse, the Watson Grinding and Manufacturing facility, had exploded.Cruz went to the emergency room and was eventually released. He moved his wife and their two children into a hotel because their home was destroyed.Two weeks later Cruz died, his lawyer says, from...WW…