baghdad and across southern iraq are answering anergened call to arms joining forces to fight sunni militants closing in on baghdad. meanwhile, the hent gone is sending the uss george bush to the persian gulf as the u.s. considered possible military intervention. and in iraq, 60% of eligible voters went to the polls and the voting was mostly peaceful. more news later. now back to caught on camera. conventional wisdom claims it s good luck to have rain on your wedding day, but what about tornadoes? so here we are in kansas where a beautiful outdoor wedding is taking place. and all of a sudden the camera angle turns from the bride and groom to a giant tornado in the background. hey, reverend, let s get this thing going, right? like, yes, i do, yep, let s go, we re married. and they all are, oh, yay, look at that.
was like, no, there s not a tornado on the ground. and then i was like, oh, my gosh, this is real. an ef-3 twister with punishing winds more than 136 miles per hour touches down eight miles away. it was getting darker and closer. and we re like, we really need to hurry up and get this wedding going. turn around! turn around! near the wedding ceremony, this storm chaser footage captures the raw power of the monster tornado. crossing right ahead of, right ahead of us! back at the farm, the couple exchanges vows. kandra starts to get nervous. i was, like, we need to go to safety because i really don t want to die. then caleb, a life-long resident of tornado alley, tries to calm his new bride s nerves. he s confident the twister is moving away from the wedding party. i was more scared of saying i do than i was of the tornado because that is scary, flat out scary. tornadoes, you know, they are going to be gone in 15 minutes. kandra, she s going to be here for the next 60
friends. it felt so natural. it did. four months later caleb takes the whirlwind relationship to the next level. he proposes to kandra in front of their beloved pet bull fat albert. some people don t think it was very romantic, but it s definitely us. it s perfect. that s who we are. so it was great. the wedding takes place on may 19th, 2012 at caleb s family farm in harper county, kansas. it was everything i could have possibly dreamed of. it all came together. the couple monitors the forecast which calls for a storm later in the evening. the day of the wedding, it was actually really sunny. the storm wasn t to hit until midnight, so we had no idea it was about to happen. the outdoor festivities start without a hitch, but just minutes into the ceremony caleb sees a funnel start to form. heavenly father, we thank you so much for the gift of marriage. he tried telling me there was a tornado on the ground, and i
yep. with the ceremony over, the newlyweds have the photo shoot of a lifetime. it s a day of highs and lows, even though there are no deaths or injuries, the tornado destroys multiple homes in the area. and it actually, sadly enough, did destroy our neighbor s farm. so it did a lot of damage. caleb s uncle posts the unusual wedding video on the internet. hundreds of thousands of online guests are blown away by what they see. i think this tornado video went viral because people are fascinated by the crazy things that happen in nature and every day life, and this is the perfect dichotomy of that. beautiful wedding, crazy, terrifying tornado and they both co-existed somehow. for caleb tying the knot with a twister is the perfect wedding
it s a day of highs and lows, even though there are no deaths or injuries, the tornado destroys multiple homes in the area. and it actually, sadly enough, did destroy our neighbor s farm. so it did a lot of damage. caleb s uncle posts the unusual wedding video on the internet. hundreds of thousands of online guests are blown away by what they see. i think this tornado video went viral because people are fascinated by the crazy things that happen in nature and every day life, and this is the perfect dichotomy of that. beautiful wedding, crazy, terrifying tornado and they both co-existed somehow. for caleb tying the knot with a twister is the perfect wedding day in kansas. cowboy hat, cowboy shirt, the wheat in the background and tornadoes. and that sums up kansas all in one picture. coming up