the extent of her injuries. i broke my cheekbone. so this side of my face is still numb. i had a gash in the back of my head to my skull. i had 16 staples. that probably scared the kids, too, didn t it? my middle daughter was screaming. somebody help my mom. my mom is going to die. and i just kept telling her, i said, i m hurt, baby, but i m okay. i m alive. i m here. amazingly, nobody died at briarwood elementary. but just one 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. a good sign for the future said ladonna cob. would you do anything
donna and two of their daughters in shock right after the funnel cloud hit. ladonna was just starting to realize the extent of her injuries. i broke my cheekbone. so this side of my face is still numb. i had a gash in the back of my head to my skull. i had 16 staples. that probably scared the kids. my middle daughter was screaming. somebody help my mom. my mom is going to die. and i just kept telling her, i said i m hurt but i m okay. i m alive. i m here. amazingly, nobody died at briarwood elementary. but just one 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.
outside how parents and teachers and the students were able to pick their way out of the rubble we were traumatized. she s out. okay. a local photographer took this picture of steve and la donna and two of hir daughters in shock right after the funnel cloud hit. ladonna was just starting to realize the extent of her injuries. i broke my cheekbone. so this side of my face is still numb. i had a gash in the back of my head to my skull. i had 16 staples. that probably scared the kids. my middle daughter was screaming. somebody help my mom. my mom is going to die. and i just kept telling her, i said i m hurt but i m okay. i m alive. i m here. amazingly, nobody died at briarwood elementary. but just one mile away at plaza towers elementary, seven children did die. i can t even imagine the amount that plaza towers lost.
this is where you used to teach? correct. there is where the old briarwood was. this is where you were the day of the storm? this is where we were on may 20th. on may 20th, an assistant many briarwood s elementary s prek risked her own life to save her students. it was all as a tornado was pull their building. we were all saying, lord, please, please protect us. protects us. let us be okay. tornado warning until 4:30. most tornadoes hit this area in the evening. but this time the forecasters of the national weather service predicted that the storm will blow through earlier in the day, in other words, when the classes were still in. what was different about this one? whenever we turned on the radio and we were listening, you do hear it in their voice. they were saying, you know, this
teacher s assistant may have saved lives with a risky decision. okay. tell me what i m looking at right here. this is the beginning of the new briarwood. this is where you used to teach? correct. there is where the old briarwood was. this is where you were the day of the storm? this is where we were on may 20th. on may 20th, an assistant many briarwood s elementary s prek risked her own life to save her students. it was all as a tornado was pull variousizing their building. we were all saying, lord, please, please protect us. protects us. let us be okay. tornado warning until 4:30. most tornadoes hit this area in the evening. but this time the forecasters of the national weather service predicted that the storm will blow through earlier in the day,