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Closet. >> right. >> so i went in there, sat on the floor, grabbed a pillow and put it over my head. and it got so loud. i knew it was hitting. and then the glasses all started breaking and popping out. my ears started popping. i felt the suction. and about that time i heard my house just flying apart but the rafters came down and pinned me. it was a good thing then the tornado couldn't suck me away. >> so the rafters kind of kept you down. >> yeah. >> that's incredible. how do you get through it? >> i almost didn't. i got through the tornado, but then i didn't think anybody was ever going to ...

Minutes. i'm anderson cooper. we're live from moore, oklahoma. this is our special coverage of the ef-5 tornado that carved a 17-mile path through this area. there's a lot going on today. the medical examiner's office now lists ten children among the 24 people killed in monday's tornado. two of them were infants, 4 and 7 months old. the mayor of moore says the death toll is not expected to rise. now people in this devastated community must focus on both rebuilding their lives and burying their dead. it is a tough road to recovery. people here are leaning on faith and family. >> amongst the rub...

Underground bunkers. >> yeah. new schools i guess have to do that, but some of the old schools are not retro fitted for that and it's not mandatory they do that. whether that's going to change, i talked to the governor and mayor about that last night. the mayor was talking about trying to put an ordinance for any new homes that they'll have to have underground shelters. but it doesn't sound like there's going to be a push for schools. whether or not that changes in days ahead we'll certainly see. it's still so hard to imagine. and when you look at the medical center behind us, a lot of the peo...

To try to make survivors get the federal assistance they need. homeland security chief janet napolitano is going to hold a news conference here in moore about 30 minutes from now with the oklahoma governor. we'll of course bring that to you live. of the 24 people who died, we now know that ten of them were children. so that percentage has raised. and seven of those kids were killed at their school in a classroom, not in the basement as officials were earlier saying. i want to get to cnn's pamela brown in here. pamela, you actually spoke to some men who responded to that school. >> that's right...

My car about four miles from her. i finally gave up and parked and just started walking. >> that must have been a nightmare walk. >> yeah. done it before. >> i'm so glad you're doing okay. how do you feel now? >> i feel like i got beat up with a baseball bat. but i don't care. >> doesn't care because she's alive and she has her daughter. if you want to help those affected by the tornado, you can visit impact your world on cnn.com. now, as we have mentioned 24 people have died as a result of the tornado that slammed through this small town. seven of the victims were kids at that elementary scho...