by Sydney Kaer // Jan 2, 2021 12:00 PM
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top of me. he said, mom, i don t want to die. i don t want to die. and i said, son, just pray your way through. i said, pray your way through. and at this point my mom hadn t said anything. i was looking at my husband. i said, mom, are you okay? she said, i m just praying. she said, kumar, call on jesus. just pray your way through. and i kept saying the same thing. i said, son, just hold on. and i head his hand. and at this point the wind is still whipping. you can look up and see debris going all around us. and it s just unreal. it s not anything i would have imagined for me, my family, in a million years, not for our area, not for our community. it s just devastating. it s amazing that you survived. thank god you did. and that was the first tornado. that s one of the thing is are the structures ready? is the community ready? is the infrastructure ready? there s nothing that moves with the swiftness. righting. and the lethality of a
call on jesus. just pray your way through and i kept saying the same thing. son, hold on. and at this point the wind is still moving. you can see it debris going all around us. it s just unreal. it s not anything i would have imagined for me, my family in a million years. not for our area, not for our community. it sdeavor stating. and that was the first tornado. that was the first one. and that s one of the things is are the structures ready? is the infrastructure ready? there s nothing that moves with the swisness and lethality of a tornado. i ve seen what it can do. you have your lives, each other. thank god you re lucky for that. i know this community is skram 3w8ing. is there water right now? i know you re staying with family. tell me.
my my mother was closest to the vanity. a long stretch vanity and there was a glass, everything was taken away, but the vanity stayed. when we were taken down and pushing things piled on top of us, we were my son kept screaming, i don t want to die. i said pray your way through, son. pray your way through. i didn t hear my mom saying anything. i said, mom, are you okay? she said, call on jesus. i m praying right now. i said, i held my son closest to me and i look ed up and you coud see debris flying all around us. it was just complete devastation. my goodness. everything passed over, you know, we were trapped at that