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Chris cathy's family was in the middle of the chaos and destruction. the home they had been rent something now leveled. one of chris' children is a kindergartner at plaza towers elementary. the school where the tornado -- well, the tornado the school tornado flattened. chris and cory and his son cash are all with us tonight. how are you guys doing? >> pretty good. >> i mean, now, it's my understanding, cory, you were in school, right? were you? i know hello kitty is much more interesting than me. i understand. this i was just wondering, how is she doing there? >> she said she wasn't scared but...

Is here with us in moore this evening. some inspiration out there amid all the loss. >> amazing stories of loss, shep. amazing stories of survival. and stories of parents having to make unimaginable choices. today, we came across tracy stephan in her backyard, what used to be her backyard sifting through the wreckage of her home. yesterday, she was at home when she heard the tornado warnings. she left her2 youngest children there with a friend and rushed to the plaza towers elementary school to try to find her eldest daughter. she was not allowed into that school. the doors were already locked...

All okay. >> shepard: they are all okay. this is what is left of their house. justin told me he was at work when the tornado hit. his wife and two children rode out othe storm in a neighbor's basement. he also told me he is not wearing a jacket today because he couldn't find his closet. he has since gone to shelters and gotten a new one but john roberts is at plaza towers elementary tonight or was earlier today and is he live here in moore tonight. john, what's the latest on that school. do we know? >> there is a small piece of good news, shep. if there is any good news in this disaster. is th...

>> tracy chose to come home to her two youngest children. she hid with them in the cellar. then, when the tornado had passed, she rushed back to the school, desperately trying to find her eldest daughter. listen again. >> were saved her life. she hovered over her during the whole time, such selfless act. she ended up needing to seek medical attention because she had cuts and scrapsz and was bleeding. saved my daughter's life. >> you can explain that moment when you first saw your daughter; the happiest day of my life. it was amazing. being able to see her and she is okay. and she was excited t...

Structure to protect them. we saw how well that did during this tornado. >> shepard: because of all of that, john, it's my understanding you met a man whose daughter really didn't trust that the schools could be safe in the storm. >> fellow who lives just across the street, his name is jim garner. he said that yesterday afternoon his daughter, who has four kids at plaza towers elementary got a hinky feeling about everything that was going to happen. he picks up the time line from there. she knew this was coming. she had a bad feeling. so she went to the school and picked my grand kids up from ...