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Four of the six workers swept away were Mexican American at a plastics factory in Erwin , Tennessee .
The small Latino community makes up a disproportionate number of workers at the factory.
Two state investigations have been launched into whether the company should have done more to protect workers.
Surviving workers say the evacuation began too late; some clung to pipes on truck flatbeds.
There has been frustration in the Hispanic community over the fact that state officials did not immediately send translators to assist survivors of the disaster.
Families became more upset when workers answering phone lines for missing persons tips spoke only English .
Some comfort has been found at nightly vigils, where people prayed in both Spanish and English and lit candles as the names of the workers were read.
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