it's 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. >> it's coming right over us. we're 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. >> that's once-in-a-lifetime. you'll probably never see this again. and it's moving fast. >> holy crap. >> it's huge. >> reporter: wood rushed his children down into the garage and locked themselves into a rock solid reinforced safe room. but they couldn't grab the family's dog in time, a boxer named roxie. >> she was standing there staring at me and i'm trying to get her to come in.