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>> you've been chasing tornadoes since you were 14, as i understand it. i don't think you ever caught one. do you want to catch one again? >> yeah, that's correct, i've been chasing since i was about 14. you know, we've captured a lot of incredible photos. we're usually right there in the action. we tevently got too close yesterday. yes, we are going to continue chasing. next time i'm not going to hold our team from leaving so long. >> sensible advice. i'm miguel marquez. i'll be back tomorrow starting at 2:00 pm eastern. right now, my colleague, don lemon, is live in his new home, new york ci...

>> hang on one second. we're going for it. sorry about that. there's always a little yelling involved when you're storm chasing. >> no, you got to do what you got to do. i was saying, can your tank withstand an ef-4 or ef-5? >> yesterday we were in an ef-4 tornado near lebanon, kansas. >> what was that like? what was that like? >> we were taking 170, 180 mile per hour wind with heavy debris. so we know that the vehicle can take that. it's just it's always a crapshoot because you don't know if a telephone pole will dislodge and come at you. we were lucky that that didn't happen yesterday, becau...

>> we were taking 170, 180 mile per hour wind with heavy debris. so we know that the vehicle can take that. it's just it's always a crapshoot because you don't know if a telephone pole will dislodge and come at you. we were lucky that that didn't happen yesterday, because we were taking monstrous winds and monstrous debris in this vehicle. >> yeah, we can see the video. in terms of chasing tornadoes, sean, how close can you actually get? >> we go inside the tornadoes. >> so you're right in the middle of it. >> yes. >> you can get not only close but you're right there, it's going over your tank...

Monstrous debris in this vehicle. >> yeah, we can see the video. in terms of chasing tornadoes, sean, how close can you actually get? >> we go inside the tornadoes. >> so you're right in the middle of it. >> yes. >> you can get not only close but you're right there, it's going over your tank? >> that's right. this tank is designed, it has panels and spikes that go into the ground to keep us in one space, one spot, and we've got two-inch armor to protect us from airborne missiles. >> sean, be careful over there. >> okay, thank you. >> amazing stuff. let's get to the fire now that's burning into...

Got there at about 8:30, 9:00 last night. rick: we heard you say at one point you abandoned your efforts to try to capture this on video and went into another mode. what was it specifically that caused you to sort of shift gears like that? >> you know, when you see -- the years of chasing tornadoes, when you see the amount of damage and the sheer misery of people that needed help, the people have a line for communication and to get the word out and my gut instinct took over and said go in there and help people and that's what i did. i didn't think twice about it, that's how i've always been an...