terrain with massive trees. it is hard to see on the horizon that this storm was coming. many people didn't realize it until it was right upon them. >> i don't know -- >> reporter: we found matthew mccray and his wife on a back road on choctaw, mississippi. his guitar is muddied, but it's days like these that inspire the mississippi blues. ♪ >> reporter: what was it like being in there when this happened? >> that quick, whoosh, then whoosh again then the tops were gone. >> reporter: was it incredibly scary? >> i started praying, asking the lord to save me, save me. i told my husband and said, honey, i don't believe he's going to save us. >> reporter: along the dirt road, the tornado killed its three youngest victims, two