beam. he crawled, got on his knees, put his arms over his head, and within seconds the tornado came through the house. this doorway survived, and so did bob. and as the house was being destroyed around you, what was going through your mind? it went so fast, i didn t have time to whom about it. boom, it was gone. reporter: bob truly is a survivor. he was a leukemia patient, has triple bypass surgery, and sadly lost his wife of 55 years in march. they had lived in the home for almost their entire marriage. and it s where their son, steve, in this picture was born. steve frantically rushed up to kentucky from his home in tennessee after not being able to get in touch with his dad. he encouraged his father to get a smartphone in case of a disaster just like this. could you believe what you saw when you got here and that your dad survived it? that was pretty incredible. i was, like, how in the heck did he survive that?
put his arms over his head, and within seconds the tornado came through the house. this doorway survived, and so did bob. and as the house was being destroyed around you, what was going through your mind? it went so fast, i didn t have time to whom about it. boom, it was gone. reporter: bob truly is a survivor. he was a leukemia patient, has triple bypass surgery, and sadly lost his wife of 55 years in march. they had lived in the home for almost their entire marriage. and it s where their son, steve, in this picture was born. steve frantically rushed up to kentucky from his home in tennessee after not being able