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40 minutes. but it took some families hours to finally reunite. one is the rhodes family. a mom heather was at work in oklahoma city. her two children alex and leann were at plaza towers elementary, the school that took the direct hit. well it took heather hours to reunite with them. the family s home in moore took a direct hit as well. the only one there at home at time was the family dog sadie. it took even longer to find the dog. but they did find her and surprisingly she s okay. the rhodes family has quite the story to tell. they are joining me now live. heather, your family has been through an awful lot. even before this tornado hit just within the past two years, you lost your mother to breast cancer. you lost your husband in a car crash. sadie was in the car crash and survived. so give me an idea of just what sadie symbolizes to you, ....
it was tough. he cried a lot. it was hard to give him his medicines and making sure he didn t have a seizure. reporter: diagnosed at the age of 5, baton disease has stripped a healthy happy nicholas of his ability to walk, talk, eat and even see. and without a cure it will ultimately take his life. the family has been active setting up a foundation and web site, ourpromisetonicholas.com. while southwest apologized and refunded their airfare, mom heather hopes the airline industry as a whole takes notice. we just hope the airlines have a plan for us as we have a plan. really? really? it s just so outrageous. you look at the little boy. he clearly is sick. his parents are traveling with an oxygen tank. and it s apparently the the pilot s call to deviate from faa policies. shame on the pilot. shame on you. you should be ashamed of yourself. you know the fact of the matter is that, this was not ....