son, your foster son, aiden is okay today. you can tell what did you say that experience was like? oh, total devastation. i have never been so afraid in my life. i work nights. and when i woke up to the sound of hail, i walked outside, heard the sirens going off, looked to my southwest and i could see homes just being destroyed. at that point, i ran across to the street to get into the school myself and not one minute after crouching down in the bathroom, the roof completely blew off of the school and debris was everywhere. so you could look up and see the tornado, you could see the sky. are you covering the children at this point? i actually laid over one of the smaller teachers, a lot
son, your foster son, aiden is okay today. you can tell what did you say that experience was like? oh, total devastation. i have never been so afraid in my life. i work nights. and when i woke up to the sound of hail, i walked outside, heard the sirens going off, looked to my southwest and i could see homes just being destroyed. at that point, i ran across to the street to get into the school myself and not one minute after crouching down in the bathroom, the roof completely blew off of the school and debris was everywhere. so you could look up and see the tornado, you could see the sky. are you covering the children at this point? i actually laid over one of the smaller teachers, a lot smaller than i am.
was your foster son there? could you see him? my foster son, he was actually at the other end of the school. tell us what that was like when you found him? when i found him, i about broke him in half, giving him a hug. james, how did you find him? what they did was after it was all over, they started bringing the children out into the parking lot. and i just had to search through all the children until i found him. james, how did he manage to survive? where was he? how did he gain protection? they had him crouched down in one of the bathrooms. along with about 30 other students. james, we are looking at pictures of the school right now. it looks like a junk yard. it is incredible that children were able to survive, that you were able to survive. we were told that this was the safest place to go, the school.
good job. thank you. thank you. i did it. by myself. feel smarter. welcome back. we continue our coverage out of oklahoma, where a tornado yesterday afternoon at about 3:00 p.m., rolled through that town, which is about 10 miles outside of oklahoma city, crushing houses, demollirring neighborhoods, flipping over cars and actually ripping through several elementary schools, one in particular, plaza towers elementary school, where we are told that teachers and students are still buried under all of that debris. we are simply searching for a positive story as we report this. and we are glad to tell you that we have one right now. james rushing, his foster son was one of the third graders in that school, hunkered down with teachers in a bathroom with fellow classmates. james, we are so glad that your
was your foster son there? could you see him? my foster son, he was actually at the other end of the school. tell us what that was like when you found him? when i found him, i about broke him in half, giving him a hug. james, how did you find him? what they did was after it was all over, they started bringing the children out into the parking lot. and i just had to search through all the children until i found him. james, how did he manage to survive? where was he? how did he gain protection? they had him crouched down in one of the bathrooms. along with about 30 other students. james, we are looking at pictures of the school right now. it looks like a junk yard. it is incredible that children were able to survive, that you were able to survive. we were told that this was the safest place to go, the school.