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Daughter s face. this is her teddy bear she d got when she had her appendix out about three months ago at children s hospital. reporter: but paisley can t stop thinking about her dog. paisley cried for that was probably the most upsetting things to the kids, out of all of it, was roxy. reporter: then a phone call, one day after the storm, and almost two miles away from the wood s home, david franco, an oil rig worker, sees a dog walking around his work site. as soon as i saw her, i knew that she belonged to somebody who may be house got destroyed. reporter: paisley and her fame jump in their truck and race to see if it s true, if their dog somehow managed to escape tornado s grip. then the moment they d been hoping for there, she s coming right now. roxy! it is roxy. thank you very ah, here we go! bless your little heart. reporter: she survived, who knows how, with only a small scratch on her leg. what do you think of finding ....
until lantze is find dead or alive, i ve got to find him. reporter: frank wood rushed his family into their storm shelter as a twister struck. we got to get in now. come on, bud. it s coming right over us. we re right in its path. one beloved member of the wood family, roxy, the dog, didn t make it into the shelter. we ll find out what happened to her, and believe me, you ll want to hear that. all these stories in detail tonight, and witness the courage of people beset by both catastrophe and tragedy. but we start at the beginning. it s 5:40 on sunday evening and a monster rakes across joplin, missouri. strong tornado! listen to it! as the twister roars toward this convenience store no, they haven t yet. ....
oh, we ve got lightning. we need to go back. let s turn around. oh, it s getting big, big, big. that s huge! for those who survived, the scars will always be them. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover in a convenience store in a walk-in beer cooler. one turned on his camera as the tornado struck. the video is dark, but the sound tells a story. oh! [ wind blowing ] oh, my god! jesus, jesus! imagine pushing open the door after that incredible experience. elsewhere in joplin, one couple recorded the scene in their neighborhood moments after the tornado struck. destruction all around them, homes on fire. they called out for the young man s sister and her fiance. sarah! sarah! mike! of course, there s no end to the heartbreak, but no end to hope either. we met tracy pressler and her niece, sarah norton. they were looking for sarah s brother, will, who was driving home from his graduation with his dad and was sucked out of the sun ....
We got on our knees and it was over. reporter: but roxie is nowhere to be found and 8-year-old paisley wood is devastated. we climbed through the rubble to find the sky is the ceiling. frank wood hunting for anything that might bring a smile to his daughter s face. this is her teddy bear she got when she had her appendix out about three months ago at children s hospital. reporter: but paisley can t stop thinking about her dog. paisley cried. that was the most upsetting thing to the kids out of all of it was roxie. reporter: then a phone call one day after the storm and two miles away, david, an oil rig worker, sees a dog walking around his work site. as soon as i saw her, i knew she belonged to somebody, maybe their house got destroyed. reporter: paisley and her family jump in their truck and race to see if it s true, that their dog had managed to escape the tornado s grip. then the moment they had been hoping for. she s coming right now. roxie! reporter: it is roxi ....
r here s the safe room. reporter: it s a good thing to have. it s a very good thing to have. it saved our lives. reporter: this is what the house looked like before the tornado, three stories tall, overlooking 12 green acres. when you look at this house, it s amazing to think it was once a three-story house. the tornado shredded the top two stories. frank wood s pickup truck was thrown almost 300 yards into a ditch. you re completely helpless. it s beyond your control and you just sit there pray. we got on our knees and it was over. reporter: but roxie is nowhere to be found and 8-year-old paisley wood is devastated. we climbed through the rubble to find the sky is the ceiling. frank wood hunting for anything that might bring a smile to his daughter s face. this is her teddy bear she got when she had her appendix out about three months ago at children s hospital. reporter: but paisley can t stop thinking about her dog. ....