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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...

And when i came around that building and saw it, my heart just dropped. >> you actually saw the twister? >> oh, yes. >> what did you see? >> it was enormous. i could see big, huge pieces of debris flying in the air. >> could you really? >> yes. it was -- you know, i would say half a mile to a mile, at the most away from us at that point. >> by then, they felt there was no time to get away. ladonna and steve bolted inside to classroom 202, which just happened to be the class for their daughter. >> the tornado precaution was to put your hands over your head, and get down on your hands and knees....

Everybody. >> when he came in and said get out here now, i knew, my stomach kind of dropped at that moment, just the look on his face, the tone of his voice, i knew something was really, really wrong. and when i came around that building and saw it, my heart just dropped. >> you actually saw the twister? >> oh, yes. >> what did you see? >> it was enormous. i could see big, huge pieces of debris flying in the air. >> could you really? >> yes. it was -- you know, i would say half a mile to a mile, at the most away from us at that point. >> by then, they felt there was no time to get away. ladonn...

He would be like, come on. i was like, no. >> she had more fight in her, you know, to feel that need to protect everybody. >> when he came in and he said, get out here now, i knew -- my stomach dropped at that moment. just the look on his face and tone of his voice, i knew something was really, really wrong. and when i came around that building and saw it, my heart just dropped. >> you actually saw the twister? >> oh, yes. >> what did you see? >> it was enormous. i could see big, huge pieces of debris flying in the air. >> could you really? >> yes. it was -- i would say half a mile to a mile a...

>> when he came in and he said, get out here now, i knew -- my stomach dropped at that moment. just the look on his face and tone of his voice, i knew something was really, really wrong. and when i came around that building and saw it, my heart just dropped. >> you actually saw the twister? >> oh, yes. >> what did you see? >> it was enormous. i could see big, huge pieces of debris flying in the air. >> could you really? >> yes. it was -- i would say half a mile to a mile at the most away from us at that point. >> by then, they felt there was no time to get away. ladonna and steve bolted inside...