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Closet. >> right. >> so i went in there, sat on the floor, grabbed a pillow and put it over my head. and it got so loud. i knew it was hitting. and then the glasses all started breaking and popping out. my ears started popping. i felt the suction. and about that time i heard my house just flying apart but the rafters came down and pinned me. it was a good thing then the tornado couldnt suck me away. >> so the rafters kind of kept you down. >> yeah. >> thats incredible. how do you get through it?...

Minutes. im anderson cooper. were live from moore, oklahoma. this is our special coverage of the ef-5 tornado that carved a 17-mile path through this area. theres a lot going on today. the medical examiners office now lists ten children among the 24 people killed in mondays tornado. two of them were infants, 4 and 7 months old. the mayor of moore says the death toll is not expected to rise. now people in this devastated community must focus on both rebuilding their lives and burying their dead. ...

Underground bunkers. >> yeah. new schools i guess have to do that, but some of the old schools are not retro fitted for that and its not mandatory they do that. whether thats going to change, i talked to the governor and mayor about that last night. the mayor was talking about trying to put an ordinance for any new homes that theyll have to have underground shelters. but it doesnt sound like theres going to be a push for schools. whether or not that changes in days ahead well certainly see. its ...

To try to make survivors get the federal assistance they need. homeland security chief janet napolitano is going to hold a news conference here in moore about 30 minutes from now with the oklahoma governor. well of course bring that to you live. of the 24 people who died, we now know that ten of them were children. so that percentage has raised. and seven of those kids were killed at their school in a classroom, not in the basement as officials were earlier saying. i want to get to cnns pamela b...

My car about four miles from her. i finally gave up and parked and just started walking. >> that must have been a nightmare walk. >> yeah. done it before. >> im so glad youre doing okay. how do you feel now? >> i feel like i got beat up with a baseball bat. but i dont care. >> doesnt care because shes alive and she has her daughter. if you want to help those affected by the tornado, you can visit impact your world on cnn.com. now, as we have mentioned 24 people have died as a result of the torna...

Bless moore." you can see the sign there. we watched yesterday as they put it up. as crews worked on that theater earlier this week there was a message on the marquee that read please pray. the building sustained up to $1 million in damage but that as many as 200 people were inside during that tornado and not one single one of them got hurt. for a while, the theater reportedly served as a hub for volunteers. the moore theater right here in the heart of all of the destruction, a place maybe where...

Were weeding their garden, but those are huge old pine trees. cars littered along the trail. they werent parked there. they were tossed like toys. you literally can trace with your finger a line where the tornado went. >> state officials say that insurance claims from the tornado will probably top $2 billion. those are early estimates. the mayor says he does not expect the death toll to climb. as i mentioned. but some people have not been able to reach loved ones since the tornado struck and the...

Lot of it we havent even seen yet. a lot of people at home havent seen. a lot of areas are cordoned off by police because of downed power lines, or other dangers, or just trying to keep the media out of certain areas. it is really horrific. >> this used to be a bowling alley. see that bowling ball? >> is that a bowling ball? >> yeah. >> cars were thrown around. >> the shrapnel, this type of thing is very dangerous. >> jake will be reporting tomorrow from here as well on "the lead." thank you ver...

Where i am reporting from right now. throughout the disaster zone at least a hundred people have been pulled alive from the rubble. officials say the search goes on board by board until every vehicle, every ruined structure is examined they say not once not twice but three times. they dont want to make any mistakes. rebecca was prepared to ride out the tornado with her 19-month-old son anders. rebecca is here. there is anders. how do you feel right now? say good. >> anders, can you say good? no....

>> thats right. >> its all over the place. >> i know. >> sanjay, thanks very much. sanjay will have an exclusive interview later on tonight with the doctor who was in command of the e.r. unit at one of the hospitals here. thats going to be airing later tonight, "ac 360" 8:00 p.m. eastern. sanjay, thanks very much. >> youre welcome. up next, objects big and small, sucked up into this tornado that ravaged the town. well get an inside look at the massive twister. ♪