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‘She was an angel among us’: Father honors daughter lost on April 27, 2011 Remembering April 27, 2011: Honoring Loryn Brown By Mike Dubberly | April 27, 2021 at 11:12 AM CDT - Updated April 27 at 11:12 AM MADISON, Ala. (WBRC) - A father honors the daughter he lost in the Tuscaloosa tornado on April 27, 2011 by giving to others and working to make a difference in young people’s lives. As he patrols the halls of Liberty Middle School in Madison where he’s now principal, if not for a couple of old helmets and pictures, you wouldn’t know Shannon Brown was a former st...

On Apr. 27, 2011, 21-year-old University of Alabama student Loryn Brown­ was at her home in Tuscaloosa with her roommate, Danielle Downs. Brown's mother, Ashley Mims, called her in a panic about the incoming tornado set to hit Tuscaloosa. “I knew where that storm was headed,” Mims said. “I stood there frozen and said, ‘Baby, it’s coming right toward you. Put your head down. Get down.’” The tornado took the lives of both Brown and Downs that day. Mims was on her way to Tuscaloosa when she got a phone call confirming the most devastating news a parent could ever receive.

Throwback Thursday: The Tuscaloosa Tornado A look back at some of the initial reporting of the April 27 tornado as Tuscaloosa prepares to mark the 10-year anniversary Author: Apr 22, 2021 Something that a lot of University of Alabama fans may have forgotten over the years was that in the wake of the tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa on April 27, 2011, the Crimson Tide football team would soon be dealing with another tragedy.  On May 11, Aaron Douglas, an incoming Alabama offensive lineman who previously spent two years at Tennessee, died in Jacksonville, Fla., due to an accidental drug...