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Turn and sped towards them. >> get down! duck down! duck down! >> close by, this storm chaser captured the power of winds of at least 136 miles an hour. flipping over this tractor trailer, pushing it along interstate 40. >> turn to my right, that's what it looks like in radar. it was tracking south of the i-40. tracking south. oh, god. >> both of these storm chasing teams survived. another team led by veteran storm chaser tim samaras, did not. samaras, along with his 24-year-old son paul and long-time chase partner carl young, were killed. >> whoa! it's getting bigger! okay. we better leave. >...

Young, were killed. >> whoa! it's getting bigger! okay. we better leave. >> samaras was a legend in the chasing community, featured on the discovery channel's "storm chasers" he was known for not only being one of the best but one of the safest. so how could this have happened? >> this tornado was a very large tornado and a very strong tornado, and it had an erratic path so this tornado was going east, then it went north, so i think that took people by surprise. >> this was the path the tornado was expected to take, continuing southeast. instead, it took a deadly turn to the north and headed s...

Was expected to take, continuing southeast. instead, it took a deadly turn to the north and headed straight for samaras and his team. just hours before he was killed, samaras gave what would be his last interview to msnbc. >> we are looking for the very special type of storm called a super cell. a super cell is a very violent storm that is very capable of large hail and pretty destructive tornadoes. right now, especially in central oklahoma, even along i-40, is kind of where we're currently targeting. >> this is what was left of samaras' mangled vehicle. the force of the tornado crumpled it in...