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Erin, in the first grade. >> the tornado precaution was to put your hands over your head, and get down on your hands and knees. >> so im a child, what are you doing for your daughter? >> im like this, over the back of all of them. im over her, and my arms are around as many kids that i can reach. >> so youre not safe at all? >> no. but that doesnt really cross my mind. at that point, i just wanted to put whatever i could between whatever was going to happen and those babies. >> so what did happe...

And when i came around that building and saw it, my heart just dropped. >> you actually saw the twister? >> oh, yes. >> what did you see? >> it was enormous. i could see big, huge pieces of debris flying in the air. >> could you really? >> yes. it was -- you know, i would say half a mile to a mile, at the most away from us at that point. >> by then, they felt there was no time to get away. ladonna and steve bolted inside to classroom 202, which just happened to be the class for their daughter. >...

Everybody. >> when he came in and said get out here now, i knew, my stomach kind of dropped at that moment, just the look on his face, the tone of his voice, i knew something was really, really wrong. and when i came around that building and saw it, my heart just dropped. >> you actually saw the twister? >> oh, yes. >> what did you see? >> it was enormous. i could see big, huge pieces of debris flying in the air. >> could you really? >> yes. it was -- you know, i would say half a mile to a mile,...

He would be like, come on. i was like, no. >> she had more fight in her, you know, to feel that need to protect everybody. >> when he came in and he said, get out here now, i knew -- my stomach dropped at that moment. just the look on his face and tone of his voice, i knew something was really, really wrong. and when i came around that building and saw it, my heart just dropped. >> you actually saw the twister? >> oh, yes. >> what did you see? >> it was enormous. i could see big, huge pieces of ...

>> when he came in and he said, get out here now, i knew -- my stomach dropped at that moment. just the look on his face and tone of his voice, i knew something was really, really wrong. and when i came around that building and saw it, my heart just dropped. >> you actually saw the twister? >> oh, yes. >> what did you see? >> it was enormous. i could see big, huge pieces of debris flying in the air. >> could you really? >> yes. it was -- i would say half a mile to a mile at the most away from us...

Be the classroom of their daughter erin. >> the tornado precaution is put your hands over your head and get down on hands and knees. >> so im a child. what are you doing? >> i am like this over the back of all of them. like im over her. and my arms are around as many kids that i can reach. >> so youre not safe at all? >> no. but that doesnt really cross my mind. at that point, i just wanted to put whatever i could between whatever was going to happen and those babies. >> so what did happen? >> a...

Children were under and -- >> were actually looking at you speak at a picture that youve supplied to us. a remarkable picture. its of the children in the classroom with you and theyre all in i guess the kind of crash position, bracing themselves for the tornado. >> interior wall. >> they have been trained to do this before? >> yes. this would be our tornado precaution. were on an interior wall. i was actually in the next class over where we had put -- we had a fewer amount of kids, we put desks ...