daughters in shock after the funnel hit. ladonna was trying to learn the extent of the injuries. >> i broke my cheek bone, this side of my face is still numb. i had a gash in my head, i had 16 staples. >> oh, that probably scared the kids too, didn't it? >> my middle daughter was screaming, somebody help my mom, my mom's going to die. i just kept saying i'm hurt, baby, but i'm alive. i'll be okay. i'm here. >> amazingly, nobody died at briarwood elementary. but just a mile away at plaza towers elementary, seven children did die. >> i can't even imagine the amount that plaza towers lost. and how hard that is for them. >> today, both schools are being built with fema-approved safe areas. >> now it's hope, i think, hope of what's to come.