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Daughters face. >> this is her teddy bear shed got when she had her appendix out about three months ago at childrens hospital. >> reporter: but paisley cant stop thinking about her dog. >> paisley cried for -- that was probably the most upsetting things to the kids, out of all of it, was roxy. >> 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. >> as soon as i saw her, i ...

Piedmont, where one family lost their home and thought theyd also lost their beloved pet. ed lavendera tells us what happened the 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 in a lifetime. youll probably never see this again. and its moving fas...

>> until lantze is find dead or alive, ive got to find him. >> reporter: frank wood rushed his family into their storm shelter as a twister struck. >> we got to get in now. come on, bud. its coming right over us. were right in its path. >> one beloved member of the wood family, roxy, the dog, didnt make it into the shelter. well find out what happened to her, and believe me, youll want to hear that. all these stories in detail tonight, and witness the courage of people beset by both catastrophe ...

Hard, you know, but, its our life. we go on. >> youre about the most optimistic person ive met in a long time. >> i dont know, like i said, life goes on. you cannot -- you cannot fall apart over things like this. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: its not just in joplin, where so many lives are being rebuild. in oklahoma, a funnel cloud cu...

>> oh, weve got lightning. we need to go back. lets turn around. >> oh, its getting big, big, big. >> thats huge! >> for those who survived, the scars will always be them. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover in a convenience store in a walk-in beer cooler. one turned on his camera as the tornado struck. the video is dark, but the sound tells a story. >> oh! [ wind blowing ] >> oh, my god! >> jesus, jesus! >> imagine pushing open the door after that incredible...