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Going to take a live look now at moore, oklahoma, and first baptist church, where people from the area are getting ready to gather and remember the 24 people killed when that enormous tornado struck a few days ago, a memorial service begins there in just about a half an hour. i've got one family's story now, one out of thousands of oklahoma families, who saw that tornado coming and braced for it the best way they could. they're still shaken up but they're alive. [ siren ]. >> we heard the sirens. >> jeff was at work when his phone rang. it was his wife. >> tiffany called me and said there was ...

This storm was just headed straight for there. >> reporter: so was jeff lechus. along the way he pulled over to call tiffany. he thought the tornado was gone. >> i said jeff, you're wrong. it's not even there. i'm watching it on tv. it's right on top of you. >> just about then i looked up and i saw the tornado. i was like, i didn't even think to say anything, i gotta go, bye. i hung up. >> he didn't leave immediately. first he shot this dramatic video. >> just a lot of wind. it's almost like you stick your head out of a vehicle driving down the highway and it was just, it was crazy. >> soon je...

Survived. jeff found his son, cole, and they headed home. >> got on i-35 and that was the first time i drove through the damage where it crossed i-35 and i was like, you can look at the medical center on one side and the other houses on the side of i-35 and it was like wow. >> everything turned out great for me, turned out fine, but i can't get out of my head what i had gone through when i, in those moments when i thought i had lost them and i, i don't know how to get through that just yet. that's going to take a little while, but we're here, and we're all good. >> at the top of the hour, be s...