daughters in shock after the funnel hit. ladonna was trying to learn the extent of the injuries. i broke my cheek bone, this side of my face is still numb. i had a gash in my head, i had 16 staples. oh, that probably scared the kids too, didn t it? my middle daughter was screaming, somebody help my mom, my mom s going to die. i just kept saying i m hurt, baby, but i m alive. i ll be okay. i m here. amazingly, nobody died at briarwood elementary. but just a mile away at plaza towers elementary, seven children did die. i can t even imagine the amount that plaza towers lost. and how hard that is for them. today, both schools are being built with fema-approved safe areas. now it s hope, i think, hope of what s to come.