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>> you go to the back of the store and you know the storm is coming. you guys have pulled over at this store. the front door was locked, right? >> basically we had to pull over to the closest thing that we could find, which was this gas station. so we got out, sprinted up to the door and they had locked it just so the door wouldn't fling open. we pounded on the door and the clerk came up and unlocked it and we hurried back to the back of the store. >> how many people were in there at the time? >> probably about 18. >> how quickly did the storm hit? >> probably a minute the other person ran up ...

Days and you managed to actually save the wedding dress. how did you do that? i know somebody else, the store where the wedding dress was, was obliterated and their dress is gone. >> yes, sir. similar story. we're walking down main street, and this is right after we found out they were okay. so now we're trying to get ahold of our relatives and our other brother in town and we come across the alteration store. the roof is half own, the glass is blown out. so my fiance crawls in through a broken window and i'm waiting outside for her. she emerges a few minutes later and just this big grin on he...

If they were huddled near the front, that would have been the most dangerous spot for them. >> unfortunately, yes. >> that's where the walls came down. they've used heavy equipment to drill through the collapsed walls and neck underneath, then push them out of the way. this is a wall of the home depot? >> sure. >> and it fell? >> what you've got is a piece of concrete. >> this is all insulation? >> absolutely. >> the walls may have collapsed, but oddly the tornado left many of the store shelves still standing. >> this was a much more survivable environment here than it would have been to be at...

Even years ahead. as i mentioned at the top of the program, three quick-thinking young men took cover in a gas station convenience store and crammed into a walk-in beer cooler with about 20 or so other people. one was isaac duncan and recorded the experience on his iphone. you're not going to see much, but what's said as the twister struck tells you the whole story. >> oh, my god! >> i think we're going to do it. [ screaming ] >> heavenly father. jesus, jesus, jesus! >> i spoke to isaac and his two brendan and cory about their incredible experience. you actually shot the video. >> yeah.

All the shelves and items were falling on people. >> everyone was getting cut by class. the only thing remaining from the building is the cooler we had jumped in. a big part of that was the clerk at the store. i mean, not only did he run up and unlock the door, but he was the last person into the refrigerator. he's a hero. >> so when you leave, it's got to be surreal when you walk outside and you see what you've survived. >> we sat there for probably 20 minutes deciding what to do. everything had collapsed on us. so cory went into the back and a wall had fallen down. he climbed out and i went ...