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House. at the time -- i knew there was a tornado going on. i was driving and i just see this big old thing in the sky, start coming at me. i seen it. it was up in the air. i just started taking off. my car started shaking. i'm glad i didn't stay at the 7-eleven, because it took the 7-eleven in a heart beat. and my cousin said he was running up to the plaza towers. we all thought my sister was gone. >> mercedes, you're in the 6th grade. tell us where you were when the tornado goes over your elementary school. >> i had to go in the boys' bathroom and duck my head, put a backpack over my head. >>...

Aswinging. >> mary snow reporting. thousands of people, thousands of stories like that. not just dozens, or even hundreds, thousands of powerful stories that we're going to catch up with over the next several days. up next, dozens who survived the tornado, they bare physical scars right now. our own dr. sanjay gupta is here. we'll talk about the kind of injuries he's seeing. and weather experts take us inside the massive twister. a dangerous swirl of wind and debris. vo: traveling you definitely end up meeting a lot more people but a friend under water is something completely different. i met ...

Tornado. tom foreman, thanks very much. i'm wolf blitzer reporting here in moore, oklahoma. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching a special edition of "the situation room." here in moore, this is a city scarred, and reeling from a massive tornado that we watched a little more than a day ago, as it leveled block after block after block, miles of this community just south of oklahoma city. one of the major suburbs of oklahoma city. the scope of this disaster, it is still unfolding. you're looking at live ar yal shots of what's going on right ...

Do is be generous with their dollars and give for not only the initial response, but they're going to be here for weeks and months to rebuild this community. they're not going to need more stuff, they're going to need your generous donations. a lot of the volunteer groups will help folks. we all have a role to play. that's the best way to help with this type of disaster, give generously to the volunteer organizations so they can help the folks impacted by this disaster. >> and folks, go to our website cnn.com/impact if you want to impact your world. there are good recommendations, right there....

Facility that was a reunification facility at a church. at the time i had gone in there to talk to some of the red cross, i heard several women crying very, very loud. it was very disturbing to hear people crying of that magnitude because they just found out they had lost someone. >> some people have asked me, e-mailed me and twitter, can't something more be done in these elementary schools, bunkers, underground facilities in case of a tornado? >> since the '99 tornado, all the schools have safe rooms in there. unfortunately, plaza towers was one of the older rooms. brierwood was a newer model...