I was petrified | Tennessee students ride out EF-0 tornado on school bus, rushed to safety by school leaders
Only minor injuries were reported after the tornado touched down near Pleasant Hill Elementary in Cumberland County, Tennessee. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 11:06 PM EDT April 8, 2021
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Tenn Anthony Justice, a School Resource Officer at Pleasant Hill Elementary, said that he was directing traffic when he heard something and turned around. He said he saw a tornado and started screaming as it tore metal off the building across the road from where he was. I had a bunch of kids over here in the right-hand parking lot, he said. I started screaming at them and all my buses were loaded, I couldn t get the kids off the school buses so they had to ride through it . It was terrifying, that s for sure.