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That could have been catastrophic. Karen Reeves, an emergency nurse at HSHS St. Mary s Hospital, shares her experiences from the 1996 double tornadoes.Â
Editor s note: This story is part of a larger project looking back at the 25th anniversary of the two nights of fury, when back-to-back tornadoes struck the Decatur area. Click here for more coverage, including photos and video footage from April 1996.
Through their only window at the time, the HSHS St. Maryâs Hospital emergency room staff watched horizontal rains and heard the loud tornado winds during the first storm.
âI looked at the person next to me and I said âBoy, that sounds like a trainâ,â said Karen Reeves, an emergency nurse. âRight when I said it, I said âLetâs get out of here,â and thatâs when it hit.â
The April 19, 1996 tornado was one of dozens of tornadoes that cut across Illinois on a single day. David Proeber
Itâs been 25 years, but time has done little to diminish the memories of the backâto-back tornadoes that struck Macon County in 1996.
âOnce you go through something like this, you never forget,â said Kelly Miller, whose home was leveled by the tornado that hit Macon County on April 19, 1996. The community was already recovering from a tornado that hit the south end of Decatur the night before.
Millerâs family sought shelter inside their home along Wyckles Road with Lonnie McVeigh, a storm spotter they didnât know who, like them, was seeking a safe refuge from which to ride out the storm. McVeigh was injured when the chimney fell on him in the Millers basement.
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