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That's only a number. there's a real story as well and that comes from ed lavendera. >> all i can say, she was a happy persbaby. she was so precious. i'll always, always miss her. i love her. >> reporter: these are priceless pictures for jawaski paterson, the only snapshots left of his only child, 3-month-old nyla. >> used to always tease me, she looked just like me. >> reporter: daddy's girl? >> yeah. >> reporter: when the tornado struck, nyla was inside this shattered mobile home with her mother, valerie. >> she said everything came down, falling down, and the trailer came down on -- >> repo...

Pictures for jawaski paterson, the only snapshots left of his only child, 3-month-old nyla. >> used to always tease me, she looked just like me. >> reporter: daddy's girl? >> yeah. >> reporter: when the tornado struck, nyla was inside this shattered mobile home with her mother, valerie. >> she said everything came down, falling down, and the trailer came down on -- >> reporter: so valerie had the baby in her hands the whole time? >> she had the baby. actually, she was on top of the baby, to protect her. that's why her back is -- >> reporter: all damaged? >> yeah, damaged. >> nowhere did the mi...

Weir, along a stretch of orange gravel called white road. it's where three young girls died. just up the road from nyla lived the jobe family and their three children, but two daughters didn't survive. 14-year-old brittany and 9-year-old tyann. as the tornado approached, the jobe family ran out of their house, they wanted to get in their car so they could race away, but as they got here, the winds had picked up the car and thrown it beyond the house over here. they ran back inside, the father grabbed one girl, a brother grabbed his sister, but the power of the storm was just too much. the girl...

Say, i love you the too. >> reporter: that's glen beard, the principal of the school where the jobe sisters were described as vivacious and popular. all five of the jobe children go to school here at the weir instantaneous school. tyann's chair will sit empty the rest of the squoo chool year. >> that was the first thing we did this morning. she drew it and she said, this is her and tyann. >> this is the girl who drew and it she's crying? >> yes, and she said, i will miss tyann so bad. >> pretty powerful stuff. >> every year in this classroom i tell them, we're family, and we lost a family memb...