his supporters here in des moines. by standing up and being bold and leading, leading with that burden and responsibility you have to be first, you have taken the first step of taking back this country. rick santorum last night also proved the importance of shoe leather. that 99 county jaunt that he made before the caucus certainly paid off for him and he said what kept him going through it all were thoughts and love for his daughter isabella who suffers from a chromosome disorder. she s 3 1/2 years old right now. most children don t live to be 1 year old. ron paul was a big winner proving that grassroots and ground game can get you places. most pundits would probably tell you he doesn t have much chance to be a nominee. ron paul vowed he s going to fight on last night. we have tremendous opportunity to continue this
gave a very heartfelt address to his supporters here in des moines. by standing up and being bold and leading, leading with that burden and responsibility you have to be first, you have taken the first step of taking back this country. rick santorum last night also proved the importance of shoe leather. that 99 county jaunt that he made before the caucus certainly paid off for him and he said what kept him going through it all were thoughts and love for his daughter isabella who suffers from a chromosome disorder. she s 3 1/2 years old right now. most children don t live to be 1 year old. ron paul was a big winner proving that grassroots and ground game can get you places. most pundits would probably tell you he doesn t have much chance to be a nominee. ron paul vowed he s going to fight on last night. we have tremendous
reporter: you have never used your safe room? never. two and a half weeks ago i cleaned it out. reporter: you were using it as a closet. we were. this was a closet. reporter: did you feel safe once you got in here and closed the door? well, i was against the door and it was shaking so hard. and i just was holding on. i mean, i was just laying against it. you could feel the pressure. yeah. see, this is wood on the top so there was a lot of banging going on. just sounded like everything was exploding. reporter: where in your house could you have survived if you didn t have this room? not anywhere else in the house besides down here. if our daughter isabella would have been in her room she surely would have died because her whole window exploded in. just glass everywhere. upstairs there is a board from the fence that actually goes right through the wall like it was going at 200 miles an hour. just wouldn t have been okay.
and i just was holding on. i mean, i was just laying against it. you could feel the pressure. yeah. see, this is wood on the top so there was a lot of banging going on. just sounded like everything was exploding. reporter: where in your house could you have survived if you didn t have this room? not anywhere else in the house besides down here. reporter: if our daughter if our daughter isabella would have been in her room she surely would have died because her whole window exploded in. just glass everywhere. upstairs there is a board from the fence that actually goes right through the wall like it was going at 200 miles an hour. just wouldn t have been okay. everything on the top floor was pretty pretty much shot. everything had just exploded. everything was everywhere. i mean, it was like a war zone. i turned around and went and told my kids, nothing looks the same, but we are all alive.
never. been here three years. reporter: you have never used your safe room? never. two and a half weeks ago i cleaned it out. reporter: you were using it as a closet. we were. this was a closet. reporter: did you feel safe once you got in here and closed the door? well, i was against the door and it was shaking so hard. and i just was holding on. i mean, i was just laying against it. you could feel the pressure. yeah. see, this is wood on the top so there was a lot of banging going on. just sounded like everything was exploding. reporter: where in your house could you have survived if you didn t have this room? not anywhere else in the house besides down here. if our daughter isabella would have been in her room she surely would have died because her whole window exploded in. just glass everywhere. upstairs there is a board from the fence that actually goes right through the wall like it was going at 200 miles an hour.