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>> reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of nature's power. >> oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees are debarked. >> reporter: residents running for every anywhere they could. >> everybody get down, all on the ground. >> reporter: in a crowded convenience store, some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. >> can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] >> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers moving customers to the back and then -- everything goes fl...
>> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers moving customers to the back and then -- everything goes flying. the massive tornado mowing down everything in its path. people's lives churned up and spewed out. >> here's the gas station that we were at. >> reporter: this is the convenience store now. >> this would have been where we walked in. >> reporter: all across the city, thousands and thousands of people in shock, taking the first steps on the long road to recovery. make no mistake, jop...
that is a monster tornado. >> reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of nature's power. >> oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees are debarked. >> reporter: residents running for every anywhere they could. >> everybody get down, all on the ground. >> reporter: in a crowded convenience store, some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. >> can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] >> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers moving customers to the back and...
You dealt with through the storm. it's an amazing morning, the community, starting to get things going and it's happening not just here in tuscaloosa but across the state of alabama and the region. back to you in the studio. >> great last question. a hope a lot of people are getting that message. we'll check in with you again. it's 14 past the hour. take a look at this scene, a live picture inside st. peter's basilica in the vatican. this is the coffin, that is pope john paul ii, and this is where we're expecting thousands upon thousands of people to walk by and pay their respects on a day i...