Page 7 - Mark Saxton News Today

Turn to you on what mark was just describing here? do you as a leader in the community have any questions about the operation of this candle factory the night the tornados hit? >> thats the first i really heard of anything like that happening. i was there at the candle factory after the tornado and we were pulling people out, and the ones that i was pulling out said they all took shelter in the center of the room. none of them spoke to me about being told to stay or anything like that, so im una...

Behind me that was stuck beside me, and when he got out, i felt for the ground and i felt that there was cardboard and plywood under me, so i started digging the cardboard out to where i could squeeze my body through the hole, because he was smaller than me. i held my breath and just scooted back until they could grab my feet. when they pulled me out, i was on top of the building. but before it happened, i was on the concrete on the bottom of the building. so it picked me up and threw me on the ...

Said you lost your home. your wife and kids are okay, which i know youre grateful for. what do you do now? what is your sort of short-term plan? are you thinking about where youre staying the next couple weeks? what do you need? >> i want to help, because the more of us to help, the quicker we get our lives back on track. helping keeps you from thinking about it. i havent even processed what happened. its like a movie or video game or something, its just not real. >> mark saxton, todd hayden, th...