by the witness who was at lambert when the twister hit. you can see people running from the windows. five people were injured all of them at the hospital and expected to be okay. tonight, incredible memories for the people who witnessed this. jay patelejoins us on the phone from st. louis. yeah, i am. we are watching it . has the natural sound of the people scream getting out of the way. what was it like in the airport? sounds more panicicky. when we found out it was a tornado, and you went down to the baggage claim area. how did you get the video. did you shoot it on the run, what was happening. i shot the video and the
down. you know, you always hear people say what a tornado sounded like. had you any idea it was a twister? no, idea, no. we were first, thought it was, just lightning storm and ended up being a heavier hail storm and we were escorted down. people spread the word that a twister were on the ground. i am have california and going to philadelphia. no experience with twisters before. you were on a lay over on the way to philly. i was supposed to board a plane. they held off because of the lightning. i don t know if you are following the news, they have done quick work getting the airport ready again. are you trying to fly out. i wouldn t wait.
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lightning was spectacular. i didn t know it was going to be a tornado. when everyone started moving i kept it going. how were theyushering people down in the baggage area. they thoughted out to move and on the way down there there were cuter people telling everybody to go down. i know there were five people injured in all of this and thankfully they will be okay. did you get a sense. did you get a sense it could be a bad situation. in the beginning. i think it was 10 or 15 machines, we didn t know what was going on . that is why everyone was correspond . how long did this last? i think it was like good 10 minutes with the wind and rattling. and afterwards it quieted
our left slides 15 or 20 yards from the gate. and then debris hitting the side of the plane and it started rocking violently so it crashed in . so up until that point everything had been normal and after that, we could tell manage serious happened. it happened so fast. you had no idea there was an actual tornado in the airport. look at that. that van doesn t belong there. we move back inside for amateur video taken boy a witness and he has a story to tell. he was in there as it was happening. we talk about capturing and what it was like when the twister hit a big airport. we want to go to lambert, a major clean up is underway and the airport opening up only for aratifying flights.