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There are heroing stories of survival. >> this building was gone and all this stuff was in the street. >> reporter: demonte williams was racing toward his aunt's house, it was crumbled on the ground, she was trapped inside. >> her chimney was on her? >> yes. and her couch was on top of her. started yelling her name, once i ran up on her steps, i could see her head poking out just a tiny bit and as soon as we looked at each other, she started crying. >> if you would like to help those impacted by the deadly storms, we have verified ways you can assist, visit cnn.com/impact for more information....

don't -- i can't keep up with the new 2012 whatever they are -- >> model. >> -- model. [ applause ] >> and then right at the end of the interview, the crew started breaking down the equipment, but not fully. the camera was still rolling and tori amos gave me advice. and you know what, this is a piece of advice that could apply to any of us. take a listen. >> as you get older -- >> i'm listening very intently. >> -- don't you capitulate into that thinking. just step into your grace. you know, the youngsters don't have what you bring which is an awareness, a knowledge. please, hold tha...

So i was like, i'm going to take this off. she was in shock, obviously. so when i pulled the boot off, that's when the blood flying out, i was screaming for someone to give me a belt. there was a guy about two over duck in, he threw me the belt, and i held it. >> trying to do a turn cut? >> yeah, holding it tying, talking, trying to figure out -- i was trying to figure out where people are, where people were, so that, you know, we didn't run into gunfire. >> that's the thing, you can just as easily run into a bullet as you can running away. >> yeah. at this point we don't know if it's in the c...

Head poking. i was thinking, a lot of time has passed. at this point we were there for two or three minutes. this is two or three minutes after it first started. there was no cops coming into -- by us or i couldn't hear my cops. i was thinking, okay, it must be kind of somewhere else. because they wouldn't run in if there's a sniper or something. then right above us, we could hear probably like four, five feet above our head bullets going off the stanchions that were there. i felt like i got hit with something, oh my god, i think i got shot. i was looking, blood all over my hands from her. and...