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Amazon Employee Who Died on Prime Day Was Hardworking Dad

‘WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER’

Rafael Reynaldo Mota Frias died in a sweltering Amazon warehouse on Prime Day. His family and co-workers remembered him as an selfless man doing a “demanding” job.

Kate Briquelet 

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Josh Fiallo 

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Kate Briquelet

Kate Briquelet

Senior Reporter

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