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>> but paisley cant stop thinking about her dog. >> that was probably the most upsetting thing was roxie. >> reporter: then a phone call almost two miles away, david franco, an oil rig worker, sees a dog walking around his work site. >> i knew she belonged to somebody. >> reporter: paisley and her family race to see if its true, that their dog had somehow managed to escape the tornados grip. then the moment they had been hoping for. >> shes coming right now. >> roxie! >> reporter: it is roxie. >...

>> reporter: she survived, who knows how, with only a small scratch on her leg. what do you think of finding her dog? >> awesome. >> reporter: you didnt think you were going the find roxie again, did you? >> no. >> reporter: when you found out she was okay? >> i was very happy. i started dancing. >> reporter: the happy dance? >> yes. >> reporter: they might not have a place to call home, but theyve got each other and roxie, too. ed lavendara, cnn, piedmont, oklahoma. >> weve met so many incredib...

Find the sky is the ceiling. frank wood hunting for anything that might bring a smile to his daughters face. >> this is her teddy bear she got when she had her appendix out about three months ago at childrens hospital. >> but paisley cant stop thinking about her dog. >> that was probably the most upsetting thing was roxie. >> reporter: then a phone call one day after the storm, and almost two miles away from the woods home, david franco, an oil rig worker, sees a dog walking around his work site...

Know his hand is in it. ive seen too many things. we will be fine. saying goodbye to things is hard, but its life. we go on. >> youre about the most optimistic person ive met in a long time. >> you know, i dont know. like i said, life goes on. you cannot fall apart over things like this. >> you cant fall apart, and so she doesnt. thats how you rebuild, she tells me. thats how you restart. you stay strong, you pick up the pieces, and you start one by one. its not just in joplin where so many live...

Only a small scratch on her leg. what do you think of finding her dog? >> awesome. >> reporter: you didnt think you were going the find roxie again, did you? >> no. >> reporter: when you found out she was okay? >> i was very happy. i started dancing. >> reporter: the happy dance? >> yes. >> reporter: they might not have a place to call home, but theyve got each other and roxie, too. ed lavendara, cnn, piedmont, oklahoma. >> weve met so many incredible people this week and we want to thank them a...

>> reporter: the happy dance? >> yes. >> reporter: they might not have a place to call home, but theyve got each other and roxie, too. ed lavendara, cnn, piedmont, oklahoma. >> weve met so many incredible people this week and we want to thank them all in many states for spending some time with us and letting us tell their stories and letting us see their bravery and their courage in the face of really unspeakable loss. thank you very much for watching. stay with cnn for continuing coverage of th...

>> 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...

Optimistic person ive met in a long time. >> you know, i dont know. like i said, life goes on. you cannot fall apart over things like this. >> you cant fall apart, and so she doesnt. thats how you rebuild, she tells me. thats how you restart. you stay strong, you pick up the pieces, and you start one by one. its not just in joplin where so many lives are being rebuilt. in oklahoma, a funnel cloud cut a tractor trailer in half. the driver escaped with his life. well have a look at the weather the...

Its really unthinkable. i want to take you back to oklahoma, to the city of piedmont where one family lost their home and thought they had lost their beloved pet. ed lavendara tells us what happened next. >> stay in there, paisley! >> reporter: these are the frantic moments. >> its coming right over us. were right in its path. >> reporter: just before frank wood scrambled up the stairs to his balcony and saw the tornadic beast for the first time, staring him straight in the eyes. >> thats once-i...

I said, baby, you just got to shut the door. >> i thought she was going to get sucked up by the tornado. >> reporter: so it was kind of heartbreaking to close that door and leave her outside? >> yeah. >> reporter: time had run out. >> 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. >> its a very good thing to have. it saved our lives. >> reporter: this is what the house looked like be...