Alabama man who saved father from tornado out of hospital but still needs help
Updated 7:35 PM;
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By Ben Nunnally The Anniston Star, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Philip Haynes held onto his elderly father even as a tornado tore through their trailer and carried them both into a field about 40 feet away.
Haynes, 50, and his father Mac, 78, lived in an Ohatchee mobile home that was destroyed during the tornado that took the lives of five Calhoun County residents on March 25. According to his sister, Rachel Hunter, Haynes got their father into a bear hug and protected him from the storm. Haynes sustained injuries including broken ribs, a broken clavicle and a punctured lung. He also developed pneumonia, probably due to his lung injury, Hunter said.