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to have my best friend there with me and these, it makes it okay. i don t see our house. this is not real. but i know it is. reporter: but there were also tears of joy for summer. after two days trapped in the wreckage, friends found her dog tucker. maxine scott made it, too, so she wonders how. she was on her back porch as the storm took direct aim on her house. you can see the debris coming up fro it. coming up from it. reporter: with no basement, the best she could do is grab a mattress, hide in the hallway and pray. you could hear the crackling of the wood. i was praying. reporter: maxine and summer were lucky beyond measure. 36 people died here in tuscaloosa. the death toll across the south extraordinary given modern tools of forecasting we have and what officials say

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