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Underground shelters. the main reasons? the high cost of retrofitting the schools and porous soil. >> its about the money and the statistics. f-5 tornado is very rare, 1% to % of the tornadoes. they dont happen very often. its the very reason they dont have safe rooms for earthquakes, they dont work all the time. >> reporter: a painful truth for mickey dickson-davis who lost her son kyle at plaza towers. >> with us living in oklahoma, tornado shelters should be in every school. it should be -- y...

Nephew and any other survivors. and you went there to -- in hopes of rescuing people. >> yeah. i didnt really get to, i guess. i -- i tried, though. i mean, thats all i can do. >> reporter: instead, he encountered unspeakable horror. four children buried under the massive debris of the collapsed school, suffocated by its sheer weight. >> they probably would have made it if they werent pinned. >> how were they pinned? >> pinned by different debris, desks, two by fours, pieces of metal. >> reporte...

It took a direct hit from the tornado where seven children died. john king got a chance to tour the devastation with moore police sergeant jeremy lewis. >> in terms of when people first responded here, i mean, where did everybody go? >> we basically just surrounded the school and started running into different areas. some of this has been cleaned out due to the search and rescue efforts. there literally just climbing over debris. people were yelling for help, so just pulling people out as quickl...

The storm touched down here. >> reporter: as survivors pick up the pieces a memorial service is scheduled this weekend to remember the 24 lives lost, including the seven children killed at the plaza towers elementary school. the tragedy at the school is raising more questions about why schools dont have safe rooms for shelter. >> anybody that lives in any tornado area should have one. but its just a matter of cost. you know, there will be more people after this tornado that buy them vand them pu...

Islands. the sense of despair, disbelief. and what does this actually mean? >> appreciate your reporting. stay safe down there. well on talk to you soon. now i want to turn to mexico where a desperate search is under way for survivors. he issers tonight racing to pull a young girl out from under a collapsed school. whats the latest on this dramatic search and rescue? >> hi, don. well, its been a chaotic day. behind me you can see all of the thousands of people who have turned out to support the ...

For that matter to be under something like that, but i think it just go z to show the perspective of just how much rain fell in such a short amount of time. >> and its still coming down. appreciate that. more on maria in a few minutes. now we want to go to mexico, though. the hard reality is also becoming clearer there. the death toll now approaching 300 pass cruz pull more bodies from the quake are you able and survivors as well. rescues happening around the clock. in addition, some welcome new...

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Buildings crumbling to the ground. rescuers working through the night at this collapsed school where at least 20 children are dead and 30 are missing. president trump tweeting in response, quote: god bless the people of mexico city. we are with you and will be there for you. a look at your headlines, guys. i will send it back to you. steve: those pictures are hard to look at. ainsley: thank you. coming up, now 8 years old -- 8-year-old footballs are kneeling during the national anthem is collin ...