but paisley can t stop thinking about her dog. that was probably the most upsetting thing was roxie. reporter: then a phone call almost two miles away, david franco, an oil rig worker, sees a dog walking around his work site. i knew she belonged to somebody. reporter: paisley and her family race to see if it s true, that their dog had somehow managed to escape the tornado s grip. then the moment they had been hoping for. she s coming right now. roxie! reporter: it is roxie. thank you very much. here we go. bless her little heart. reporter: she survived with only a small scratch on her leg. what do you think of finding her dog? awesome. reporter: you didn t think you were going the find roxie again, did you? no. reporter: when you found out she was okay? i was very happy. i started dancing.
reporter: she survived, who knows how, with only a small scratch on her leg. what do you think of finding her dog? awesome. reporter: you didn t think you were going the find roxie again, did you? no. reporter: when you found out she was okay? i was very happy. i started dancing. reporter: the happy dance? yes. reporter: they might not have a place to call home, but they ve got each other and roxie, too. ed lavendara, cnn, piedmont, oklahoma. we ve met so many incredible people this week and we want to thank them all in many states for spending some time with us and letting us tell their stories and letting us see their bravery and their courage in the face of really unspeakable loss. thank you very much for watching. stay with cnn for continuing coverage of the tornadoes and how joplin, missouri begins the long and hard task of rebuilding out of the rubble. captions by vitac www.vitac.com building up our wireless network all across america. we re adding new cel
find the sky is the ceiling. frank wood hunting for anything that might bring a smile to his daughter s face. this is her teddy bear she got when she had her appendix out about three months ago at children s hospital. but paisley can t stop thinking about her dog. that was probably the most upsetting thing was roxie. reporter: then a phone call one day after the storm, and almost two miles away from the wood s home, david franco, an oil rig worker, sees a dog walking around his work site. as soon as i saw her, i knew she belonged to somebody, maybe their house got destroyed. reporter: paisley and her family race to see if it s true, that their dog had somehow managed to escape the tornado s grip. then the moment they had been hoping for. she s coming right now. roxie! reporter: it is roxie. thank you very much. here we go. bless her little heart.
know his hand is in it. i ve seen too many things. we will be fine. saying goodbye to things is hard, but it s life. we go on. you re about the most optimistic person i ve met in a long time. you know, i don t know. like i said, life goes on. you cannot fall apart over things like this. you can t fall apart, and so she doesn t. that s how you rebuild, she tells me. that s how you restart. you stay strong, you pick up the pieces, and you start one by one. it s not just in joplin where so many lives are being rebuilt. in oklahoma, a funnel cloud cut a tractor trailer in half. the driver escaped with his life. the pictures are incredible. we ll have a look at the weather there, coming up. and a family runs for cover as a tornado moves dangerously close to their home. but their dog, roxie, has to be left behind. the story has a remarkable ending. we ll show you that ahead.
only a small scratch on her leg. what do you think of finding her dog? awesome. reporter: you didn t think you were going the find roxie again, did you? no. reporter: when you found out she was okay? i was very happy. i started dancing. reporter: the happy dance? yes. reporter: they might not have a place to call home, but they ve got each other and roxie, too. ed lavendara, cnn, piedmont, oklahoma. we ve met so many incredible people this week and we want to thank them all in many states for spending some time with us and letting us tell their stories and letting us see their bravery and their courage in the face of really unspeakable loss. thank you very much for watching. stay with cnn for continuing coverage of the tornadoes and how joplin, missouri begins the long and hard task of rebuilding out of the rubble. stay with cnn for continuing