Tornado Decimates Old Dominion Floor Warehouse, Killing Long-Time Employee

Drone footage of Old Dominion following the tornado. Source: Lt Jason Elmore, Chesterfield Fire/EMS Public Information Officer TwitterA tornado spurred by Hurricane Florence in Midlothian, Va., leveled the headquarters of Old Dominion Floor Co., and left one employee dead in its wake.

Ronnie Bishop, 60, a 15-year veteran of the company and its hardwood floor supervisor, was crushed Sept. 17 when the warehouse collapsed from the 120 mph winds of the tornado, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Just before the collapse, he’d gone into the warehouse to make sure his 14 co-workers were safely evacuating to an adjacent office. All of the other employees survived.

A GoFundMe has been set up to support Bishop's family.