Terri Watkins thought someone was pulling her leg when she learned about her winnings last week. I thought that it was a scam. I was a little upset actually! she said, laughing. I thought that it was not real, couldn t be real. It s still something that I really don t believe, I m still in some shock here.
Watkins entry was chosen from over 513,000 entries in the final $300,000,000 Supreme Riches second-chance drawing on Wednesday. I m a nurse and I work in the COVID-19 unit at a long-term care facility, said Watkins. Just seeing some of the things that I ve had to see, I am very thankful. I had been praying for something to help me with this situation. It really is a great thing. I m very blessed.
A Durham nurse started out 2021 on an exhilarating high - by winning $1 million in the North Carolina Education Lottery. Terri Watkins thought someone was pulling her leg when she learned about her winnings.
this is chris cuomo. what happened is evident from everything around. this is what the aftermath is. the moment of crisis we re learning about more every passing moment here. about what people dealt with on the street and most importantly, at the schools. i want to bring in terri watkins with emergency management. she s on the phone. can you hear us? yes, i can. all right. thank you very much for joining us. you knew what scene was at the school. that was the real big risk here. this hit about 3:00 p.m. local time, when kid were getting out of school. what it was like when you showed up? chris, i have to apologize to you, i was not down at the scene at that point in time. i know what the devastation is in this area, i apologize, i was
thank you, john. the picture tells the story this is basically ground zero of where this tornado hit yesterday afternoon. at 3:00 p.m. just as kids were ready to get out of school. that s very important, because they had to be brought back in parents rushed out into the tornado. caused a lot of frustration and havoc this is the aftermath. get dave. follow me overhere this piece of steel looks wispy. this is 220 pounds. me pushing on it. a thick piece of metal. i couldn t move it over to get it closer in the shot for you guys. twisted in the torn like nothing. cars tossed around like toys. where there were homes, they are now what appears to be bales of hay. in some parts, mile to mile and a half wide and 20 miles long. as you come into the debris zone this is how it works, first, looks like there was a messy rainstorm, then you see trees down and splatter on the houses, like sprayed with something, then you start to see all of your light poles and everything are gone, and y