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>> three or four minutes, you know, of bad, bad hail and debris. like that second part where it hits is just so -- the sound, the force of it is so loud. >> what goes through your mind when youre experiencing something like that? >> honestly, it was very surreal. i never felt anything like it. it was almost like a weird calmness. i didnt think i was going to go out in a tornado, but i think im going to. >> you were thinking that? >> oh, yeah. we all sprinted into this little cooler and packed 20...

Now. unbelievable. its a killer tornado. goodness gracious. wow! >> the oklahoma governor mary fallen declared a state of emergency statewide. >> its devastating. >> in arkansas, at least four people were killed by the storms and another two in kansas. in these states, as well, overturned trucks, destroyed homes are scattered for miles. more than 500 people have been killed this tornado season, a season that still has months to go. i want to give you another remarkable view of a tornado that tou...

By, we realized, you know, what it was. and when the pressure of our ears came, you know, it felt like our ears were going to blow. thats when my fiance said were definitely in a tornado. >> aaron, how did you finally find sarah? >> after we didnt find them at the house, we didnt know what to do. but people pointed us to the walgreens a few blocks away saying thats where they had a triage center set up. they werent there, so we started walking down main street, or what was left of main street, t...

Frank wood rushed his mily into the storm shelter as the twister struck. >> weve got to go now! its coming right over us. were right in its pat >> one beloved member of the wood family, roxie the dog, didnt make it into the shelter. all these stories and details tonight and witness the courage of people beset by catastrophe and tragedy. but we start at the beginning. its 5:40 on sunday evening and a monster rakes across joplin, missouri. >> strong tornado! >> as the twist errors towards this con...

Are still searching for loved ones and refuse to give up hope. will norton disappeared while driving home with his dad from his high school graduation. his dad, mark, survived. the powerful winds of the twister pulled will right up through the sunroof of their suv, according to his dad. his family heard reports that a young man watching wills description was take on the a local hospital and moved to another hospital. well, wills sister tracked down that hospital and visited the young man, but sa...

There is still hope in joplin. up next, inside the search for the missing. two teenagers vanished. the families desperate for answers. later, caught on tape. a family scrambling for shelter as the tornado gets close. but where is the family dog? >> thats once-in-a-lifetime. youll probably never see this again. and its moving fast. its huge. >> they got into the shelter. the dog didnt. youll want to see how this story ends, coming up. whats so special about

Youve got to have hope. youve got to have god. youve got to have friends and family. youve got to have all of it combined to get you through this. >> thank you for talking to us. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> stay strong. >> sadzly, after i spoke to mike hare that day, we learned that his son lantz did not survive. up next, a brother desperate to find his sister minutes after the tornado hit. >> sarah, mike! sarah, mike! >> sarah, mike! mike, sarah! >> frantic search, destruction everywher...

Chose, you often hear the noise that it sounds like. if youre really close, it sounds like youre standing next to a jet airplane, like youre back by the engine. your ears will pop sometimes. but they pop big-time and you can have obviously ear damage if youre caught inside a tornado. our plan is not to do that. but when youre close to it, its traumatic, its chaos, theres drama. its insane, and your main objective is youre trying to tell people, this is where it is. and if you dont move, you eith...

And sister sarah, the wait is at times too much to bear. will was driving home from his high school graduation with his father mark when the tornado struck. >> they thought if they could pull into this subdivision they could find a place to go. they only got as far as that median when the tornado picked him up and they got wrapped up in this stuff and it was a big mess. i dont know where that came from. >> what has he told you about what happened when the tornado hit? >> he said that he remember...

>> in fact, go. we got to get in now. >> reporter: moments later the tornado strikes the woods home. >> heres the safe room. >> reporter: its a good thing to have. >> it saved our lives. >> reporter: this is what the house looked like before the tornado, three stories tall, overlooking 12 green acres. when you look at this house, its amazing to think it was once a three-story house. the tornado shredded the top two stories. his pickup truck was thrown almost 300 yards into a ditch. >> you just s...