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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....

>>its like the cars were flying around as if they were nothing during this 200-mile-per-hour tornado when you think about whats going on. all right. so theres obviously he sees you at one point. hes home. >> i screamed. i just screamed at the top of my lungs. >> describe that. >> you know, as soon as i -- i didnt know he would be there. there was no reason for me to have thought he would be there especially before me. i just went down the road and came back but he had ran from his car to try to ...

A towel down and grabbed his mattress and brought it into the bathroom with us and put the lap top there for us to watch what was going on and then they showed it and they said it was 44 and then showed the projection and it was like crossing my street. and whenever i saw it i just panicked. i just panicked. i looked at it and i said, im not staying. >> you were lying in the bath tub with anders. >> yeah. >> all of a sudden you have the lap top. >> it was five miles away. they said its strengthe...

>> when you think about it if you would have stayed in that house. >> no. there is no way. our bath tub was full of debris. the place i would have been just full of 2 x 4s and everything else. you know. there is nothing, no way. thats hard to think about. >> anders, ill train you now to become an anchorman. he doesnt want to let go. >> try and pry it from him. >> hold it like this. put it in front of your mouth. look at the camera over there. >> can you say hi? >> say im anders and this is cnn. ...

>> brian. you like brian. thats your dad. >> were happy youre here. you guys did a great job. i guess you got to thank the lord. right? >> yeah. >> do you thank the lord for that split-second decision? >> i -- im actually an atheist. >> you are. all right. >> but you made the right call. >> yeah. we are here and you know i dont blame anybody for thanking the lord. >> of course not. >> no. >> okay. all right. anders, want to try one more time? good for you. >> oh, no. bowling balls. all right. he...