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To go up? didn't think. just did it. >> reporter: like most of the students who survived the tornado ellis had a lot of time over the summer to think about what happened. excited, nervous, anxious those are just some of the feelings he said he has had about starting 8th grade and after everything that happened he says he is just ready for things to be back to normal again. >> going to be a process to get back but it's going to eventually get the way it was. >> this first grade teacher wishes it was that easy. her school briarwood elementary took a direct hit from the tornado. she laid on her s...