78 Minutes: In Tuscaloosa s Hour of Need, the Patterson Family Answered the Call
On April 27, 2011, Alabama gymnastics coaches Sarah and David Patterson along with their daughters helped bring relief to a heartbroken city
Author: “That was probably the longest hour and 18 minutes that we’ve ever experienced.”
Even 10 years after the fact, you can still hear the concern and seriousness of tone in former University of Alabama gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson s voice.
On April 27, 2011, the landscape of the city of Tuscaloosa was reshaped forever in both a literal and figurative sense. On that day, an EF-4 tornado plowed through the community, killing 53 people including six Alabama students injuring 1,200 and completely leveling roughly 12% of the buildings in the area.