supervise these seven inmates and he was quite excited about it. how many days had he been at this candle factory working, supervising inmates in this work release program. and i understand he was quite excited about this new position. he was very excited about it. he had only been there this was his fourth night. the picture that you have of him smiling was because he was on his way for orientation out at the candle factory and the deputy that took the picture was kidding with him and said something along the lines of, you re on your way to your first day in school. and he kind of he always had this thing where he would smile and wave at you like, get out of here. and that s kind of what he was doing there. he was very excited about it. you know, we covered the story the moment that it happened and, you know, we saw
camera. he seemed like such a happy good-hearted soul. could you tell us a little bit more about him as a person? i know that he had seven children. is that correct? yes, ma am. he was a father of seven. a grandfather of seven. he just enjoyed life in general. he loved to be around his family. he loved doing family events. that s just who he was. he was always we probably just didn t appreciate it, how giving of a person he was when he was here with us, but we re going to make sure that from here on out, that is known how giving of a person he was. and george, i understand that you had moved him to supervise these seven inmates, and he was quite excited about it. how many daysed a had he been at this candle factory working,
and to see what they ve had to go through, it breaks my heart to see that. reporter: storms left more than a 140-mile path of destruction across the state of tennessee, homes were leveled. back here in kentucky, search and rescue efforts continue now, including in muhlenberg county where ten people have tied died. here s an emotional plea from one of the elected officials to everybody watching tonight. prayer, prayer, prayer. please pray for these folks. reporter: right before we came on the air, a woman came up to us and was telling us she was inside the candle factory working, got the alarm, was told to go take cover, and it was too late. she describes using her iphone with the light on to crawl out, climbing over the bodies of her co-workers to get to safety. ed. o keefe: david begnaud leading us off tonight from mayfield, kentucky. thank you. moving next to illinois where at least two people were killed when winds blew the roof off of