Mother married him he married my mother, or my mother married him. But i was four. He played a big role in my life. He died when i was 37. Very sad. But he was an amazing, remarkable man. He did everything. Just everything. Brian someone who has never heard of him, what did he do . Tyler he was a remarkable journalist. He invented the washington, d. C. , column, which is now occupied by i dont know how many people. And he wrote a column unlike men and he wrote a column, unlike men today or women today, seven days a week, every day of the year. He wrote a column. Mostly about washington, but all kinds of things. He flew around the world. Started out as a young man interviewing europes 12 greatest men. That is how he actually started and made a name for himself. Brian where was he from originally . Tyler he was born in evanston, illinois. His father was a professor in english at northwestern. And his dad got a job at Swarthmore College in pennsylvania. Ien drew was about 5 or 6, think, a
Blown out, a piece of plywood came flying through the windshield, impaled in the passenger seat. Eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it blew through around 7 00 p. M. And lasted less there it is, i see it. Reporter even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. Oh, i see it, its crossing the highway right there. Big, big tornado. Reporter at least eight tornados exploded through dallas county, the hardesthit areas are garland and rowlett. Oh theres stuff flying in the air reporter damage has been reported along a 40mile stretch of homes and businesses. In the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. But by this morning the path of the tornados was clear. Entire communities are flattened. Many of the houses Still Standing are without roofs. Vehicles are flipped or buried under debris. In garland the storms killed eight and destroyed 600 in rowlett, the tornados injured 23 people and level the 40 homes. High winds tossed trailers at this Mobile Home Park and damage
They crashed into each other. This one right here, the windows blown out, a piece of plywood came flying through the windshield, impaled in the passenger seat. Eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it blew through around 7 00 p. M. And lasted less there it is, i see it. Reporter even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. Oh, i see it, its crossing the highway right there. Big, big tornado. Reporter at least eight tornados exploded through dallas county, the hardesthit areas are garland and rowlett. Oh theres stuff flying in the air reporter damage has been reported along a 40mile stretch of homes and businesses. In the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. But by this morning the path of the tornados was clear. Entire communities are flattened. Many of the houses Still Standing are without roofs. Vehicles are flipped or buried under debris. In garland the storms killed structures in a twomile area. In rowlett, the tornados injured 23 people and level the 40
Eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it blew through around 7 00 p. M. And lasted less there it is, i see it. Reporter even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. Oh, i see it, its crossing the highway right there. Big, big tornado. Reporter at least eight tornados exploded through dallas county, the hardesthit areas are garland and rowlett. Oh theres stuff flying in the air reporter damage has been reported along a 40mile stretch of homes and businesses. In the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. But by this morning the path of the tornados was clear. Entire communities are flattened. Many of the houses Still Standing are without roofs. Vehicles are flipped or buried under debris. In garland the storms killed eight and destroyed 600 structures in a twomile area. In rowlett, the tornados injured 23 people and level the 40 homes. High winds tossed trailers at damaged this strip mall. We pray and support those who have lost a family member. Reporter Texas Go
Its hard to see all these peoples livelihoods gone. Cars destroyed, flipped over in front of houses. Its just hard to see. Reporter here in garland more than 600 homes were damaged. Eight people lost their lives. And jeff, many others returning to scenes like this, total losses with nothing left to return home to. Dan hagerty, thank you. More dangerous weather tonight. Blizzard conditions in parts of texas, oklahoma, and new mexico. Lets bring in david payne, chief meteorologist at our Oklahoma City affiliate kwtv. David, whats happening there . Well, its been a wild day so far. Weve had a lot of ice, a lot of sleet in oklahoma. Flooding rains in eastern oklahoma. Just a big mess around here. I40 westbound west of Oklahoma City has been shut down several times today, to just simply too much ice and sleet. We are not through, more on the way. Jeff, back to you. David payne, thank you very much. Mexico, heres cheyenne cope of our albuquerque affiliate krqe. Im standing in two and a half