CNN Early Start January 1, 2014 10:17:00
Erin, in the first grade. >> the tornado precaution was to put your hands over your head, and get down on your hands and knees. >> so i'm a child, what are you doing for your daughter? >> i'm like this, over the back of all of them. i'm over her, and my arms are around as many kids that i can reach. >> so you're not safe at all? >> no. but that doesn't really cross my mind. at that point, i just wanted to put whatever i could between whatever was going to happen and those babies. >> so what did happen? >> at this point, it's pitch black. there's no electricity. and big, huge bangs, just bam, b...