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>> just pray to god as loud as you can. >> reporter: that's what this man did when the storm hit. rode out the storm with his family in his bathtub. >> you could see the roof collapse and see the twister just there. facing you. it's horrible. >> reporter: it hopscotched through the area as it cut through north texas. as the storm passed, reports of injuries and fatalities came in. >> we had information that people were found in homes, they were hard hit, those homes, i'm told were collapsed. destroyed, as they were probably hit by flying debris. >> reporter: those who could made their way out ...

As storm passed, reports of injuries and fatalities came in. >> i've had information that people were found in homes, they were hard hit, those homes i've been told were collapsed, destroyed, as they were probably hit by flying debris. made their way out of their homes while crews worked to free people trapped inside buildings. >> the top of the hill, you could tell where the tornado went through directly because it's just wiped out. trees gone, houses completely demolished. >> reporter: officials sent school buses to the hardest hit areas to help with evacuations as residents cope with losing...

That an individual at the corner fell to the ground and had probably been hit by gunfire. >> that would have been transit officer richard donahue who was standing right here. at the time he was shot, tamerlan tsarnaev was laying on the street. his brother dzhokhar was driving away. only the police were firing. officially, state police tell us the matter remains under investigation. law enforcement sources tell cnn, officer richard donahue was struck by a bullet fired by police. only the heroic actions of his fellow officers to stop the bleeding in his thigh saved his life. it was a close call....

When it got there or how it got there. >> the defense took a hit when the judge didn't allow certain evidence. >> we are deprived of being able to milwaukee a defense. we're not making this up. we will file papers asking for an immediate stay. can the court give us a day to do that? >> no. >> seeing that the court of appeals will look at that? >> no, you can file whatever you are wanting to file. i'm not continuing this matter or staying this matter. >> reporter: park listened intently, showing little reaction. may be hard to tell she was on trial for murder as she had lunch in the courthouse ...

>> pastor, you were hiding under tables with the people in your church. i should ask you this morning, are you doing okay? everyone in your church community doing okay? people hunkered down with you at the moment and the greater community. chance to contact people? >> we have been getting reports from families that were out there in that particular neighborhood, and at this point, just about all of the them have been accounted for and are fine physically. but so many of them have lost their homes. as i stated before, the children's ministry that we have on wednesday night, we had released them...