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were also up on the top floor. that s not the place you want to be in a tornado. they were killed. we have two fatalities here. and a very tight knit community. there is only about 100 people who live in fairdale. and it s only about a quarter square mile around. but everywhere you look i guess we could pan around here and you can see how much damage there is trees taken out, this was their barn where they kept their tractor for the farm. that is gone. and everybody is recovering today. they haven t been back to their home. some people haven t even seen what they lost yet. they are going to go back to their homes today just to take a look around. you know steve, sometimes yes it is just things in your house. but there are things like photos and videotapes and momentoes from your kids. it is hardbreaking to come back
off the highway. look at that on to its side near the town of rochelle. as bad as that looks, it s nothing compared to what the funnel cloud did to the town of fairdale. gary tuchman reports tonight. i don t know what s going to happen. reporter: joe and sarah ben bennadeto moved to the dream farmhouse and barn in fairdale illinois. their cars and rv all of it now destroyed. when you saw the tornado coming from this direction, it was heading right to your house. yes. reporter: and you re thinking what? i m thinking my house is going to be gone. reporter: inside their house, a never before used tornado shelter where they rushed as the twister approached. the sons take the inside. to the shelter. tiny where the whole family was when the tornado hit. reporter: was it scary being here not knowing what was going on? we couldn t hear anything so we didn t know what was going on. that was the scariest part. reporter: relatively
thanks for joining us. is there one tip next year everybody gets the bracket. what s the best piece of advice you can give us? just pick whatever team you really want. pick the team that you want to win. simple as that. it s never worked for me yet. i ll try it again next year. thank you very much. congratulations, that s cool what you did. up next residents whose homes were in the path of this deadly tornado may be able to go back today. we ll go live to illinois with a live look at the devastation . really? really. straight talk. now based on your strategy i do have some other thoughts. multiplied by 13,000 financial advisors it s a big deal. and it s how edward jones makes sense of investing. the new s6 hits the stores and i m like. whoa. open the box and. (sniffing) new phone smell.
espn s website. out of those 11.5 million, it was a sixth grader from illinois who emerged victorious. he finished at the top of the challenge. unfortunately because he s 12 years old he was not able to collect on the prize. he did get an x box from his local best buy. another one that was donated to the make a wish foundation on his behalf. while it isn t maui he got to join us on set to walk us through his bracket. congratulations, it s amazing you beat 11.5 million people. how does it feel? if feels good. i can t believe i beat all of them. the tournament starts and the first two days thursday and fridays, i think they played 32 games total. when did it start to occur you wow, i might have one of the