on hearing the news that a tornado is coming, american school kids in most places that get these kind of storms are still sent into the hallways to crouch and cover their heads. get as far inside the building as you can, stay away from big open areas like the gym or the cafeteria, get low to the ground, maybe pray. i m not making light of this advice in this kind of plan. it really is better than nothing. and it really is the best you could do in a lot of places if and when a tornado is bearing down. drop and tuck or duck and cover, that was the plan 60 years ago, it is still the plan now in much of the country. last month in moore, oklahoma, an ef-5 tornado struck two elementary schools. it had winds in excess of 200 miles an hour. that tornado was a mile wide and those kids at those schools pretty much had nowhere to go. so they went into the hallways like school kids have done for generations. the kids in moore took shelter in hallways and bathrooms ducking and covering and at one o
get as far inside the building as you can, stay away from big open areas like the gym or the cafeteria, get low to the ground, maybe pray. i m not making light of this advice in this kind of plan. it really is better than nothing. and it really is the best you could do in a lot of places if and when a tornado is bearing down. drop and tuck or duck and cover, that was the plan 60 years ago, it is still the plan now in much of the country. last month in moore, oklahoma, an ef-5 tornado struck two elementary schools. it had winds in excess of 200 miles an hour. that tornado was a mile wide and those kids at those schools pretty much had nowhere to go. so they went into the hallways like school kids have done for generations. the kids in moore took shelter in hallways and bathrooms ducking and covering and at one of the two elementary schools, briarwood elementary, all the kids lived, at the other, seven kids died. the official cause of death from each of them was asphyxia, they were smoth
last week in moore, oklahoma at briarwood elementary where she bravely protected her students. she is at her house in moore right now. tammy, i assume you re taking cover. how are you taking cover? do you have a shelter, tornado shelter in your home? yes. we have a shelt inner ter in th yard, an in-ground shelter. how alert was moore and the surrounding area for this tornado as opposed to the one that struck a week and a half ago? well, that s hard to say. i m home today of course on summer break so i am able to watch it and it s been on tv for about two hours now as opposed to that day when we were in school. we could just take the word of our principal and didn t know what was going on. i want to talk about what you re seeing outside your house but before i do, how is the school recovering? how is the community recovering from last week s tragedy? it s recovering nicely. we ve gotten a lot of donations and every family has been taken
karrina was a vibrant 4-year-old who wanted to figure skate some day. her sister sydney was a baby, just 7 months old. we ll talk with their father ahead tonight. no one died at briarwood elementary, where i m pleased to say everyone made it through. as you ll see from this 360 exclusive video taken from a teacher, she hunkered down with her kids, it was the closest of close calls. i m going to play the video for you. i will play two clips. the second one is all over and the damage is plain to see. the first is in complete darkness because that s the way it was for the kids and the teacher. but you can hear the sounds as the ef-5 tornado tore through. it s okay. [ screaming ]
christopher legg. 9 years old, loved sports and was battling skin cancer. his family says he was facing it with strengts. then there are the vargyas sisters. they were at home with their mom and grandmother in the tub trying to stay safe. their mom and grandmom survived. karina was a vibrant 4-year-old. we re going to talk to her dad later on. phillip is going to join us ahead tonight. amazing, when you see the video, no one died at briarwood elementary. that s a real testament to the principal and the teachers and the students. it was the closest of close calls. this is about as close as you can get. it s we re going to play you two clips. the second one, it s all over and the damage, they start to see the damage in the school.