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We want to show you some of the incredible sights and sounds they captured. oh, it s hitting. it s hitting something. look there goes cars. what? i saw headlights go flying. oh, my god that s violent, you guys. that s got to be an ef-5. oh, it s hitting. it s hitting something. really frightening, right? ryan young is live in rochelle illinois to tell us more. good morning, ryan. reporter: good morning, carol. that really is some amazing video. you can see how scary and terrifying that video is. in fact we drove all night. haven t gone to sleep. we were covering the story. as you look behind what people were experiencing this is a restaurant here that was torn apart by that storm and just ....
Asking one civil rights leader to please stay away. let s talk live in the cnn newsroom newsroom . good morning. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we want to take you now to ft. hood texas, where the purple heart will be awarded to those killed or wounded in that mass shooting that took place more than five years ago now. the army will also award the defense of medal freedom, the civilian equivalent of the purple heart, to nonmilitary victims. the secretary of the army says the recognition is an appropriate recognition of their service and sacrifice. of course you remember that former army psych ietiatrist nadal hasan committed those shootings. people across illinois ....
A lot of rubble out there. we found this all out later. they had to take a chainsaw and chainsaw through whatever the structure was that fell on top of the doors and then they had to chainsaw through the doors and they kept checking in on us. are you okay? is anybody hurt? they got a light down there to us somehow. i don t know how they did that. and we were probably in there for 1.5 to 2 hours and we just kept talking to each other and hugging each other and telling each other it would be okay. betty, i m so glad that you re alive to share this story with us. thank you very much. that s the best part. thank you very much for comforting the others in that basement that were probably scared out of their minds. betty, thank you so much for joining me this morning. i want to take our viewers now to rochelle illinois where there s a live presser going on. ....
For the last 17 years. i have not seen a tornado. you were among the first emergency responders on site last night. tell us what you saw. yes, i was. it was total destruction. our main thoroughway coming into the town here was blocked with trees, downed power lines. i had to quickly adapt and reroute all incoming vehicles south and bring them into the north in the town. so those sirens started blaring almost a half hour before the tornado hit. did you think this was the real deal? i knew something was up early on. the tornado was reported in rochelle illinois and i was actually following that at home. then of course i seen what i seen. other emergency officials are telling cnn they have been trying to warn local residents ....
good morning, everyone welcome back to your new day, we do begin with breaking news for you, a violent outbreak of tornadoes leaving a trail of destruction across the midwest, more than a dozen tornadoes touching down across three states the hardest hit in illinois. the force of the storm knocking this tractor-trailer you re about to see over on to its side. we know of one death already. there are reports that many are still trapped. the situation is developing and so many pictures this morning of twisters doing what they do. as people literally look through the utter devastation of what was once their lives. let s get to cnn s ryan young on the phone. one of the hardest-hit areas is where he is rochelle illinois. ryan? tough feel for these people especially at this restaurant you know 12 people were hunkering down as the building was being peeled apart and the building was being blown to pieces they awe survived. but today they re probably thanking good to be alive. ....