everyone here has a story. >> i was in the tornado shelter when it came. i was home hearing the news. it was time to duck and cover and i got my dogs and got in there behind the house. >> reporter: first an ef-4 tornado tore through the town of shawnee, killing two. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the next day an ef-5 tornado hit moore, mangling communities, destroying an elementary school full of students. we were there during the desperate search for survivors. >> they're saying that we had kids in this school to go look for them. >> i would imagine as parents you are incredibly thankful to have your children right here right now. >> yes, i thank god that i got there in time to pick up my nieces, my nephews, my son. i don't know what i would have done. >> reporter: 24 people died that day. ten were children, among them kyle davis, whose funeral was this weekend. >> there should be a place that if this ever happened again