started praying as the tornado ripped through his neighborhood. his family's home spared but others in the hard hit city not so lucky. one survivor says he's just thankful to be alive. >> my attitude was, in the next minute and a half, we're either going to be in heaven or we're going to be in the hospital or we're going to walk out of here, and completely in the lord's hands. >> indiana also in the storm's path. the sheriff's department dash cam caught debris flying in the air. look at that. that all as the tornado was touching down. >> cnn is covering every angle of the tornado outbreak with crews across the region. >> we begin with cnn's chris cuomo in washington, illinois. you are right in the middle of the devastation but in so many ways right in the middle of the inspiration. >> reporter: oh, very well said, j.b., very well said and couldn't be more true. the thing that matches the power of the storm here is the power