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What used to be a garage stood back here and residents are salvaging whatever they can from the remnants of it. a telephone pole was knocked into this house during the storm. if we walk, i'll show you the rest of the street. i'm going to have my photographer steve watch his head as we go through here. it is house after house that has been just shredded by the force of this tornado that came through. we're still waiting on an official strength of the tornado from the national weather service, but look at all this damage. look at that. a resident here told me that car was parked on the street. i...

Hold onto that? >> this is the only injury i have. and so you literally felt the door getting sucked open? i saw the roof coming off. eventually, it seemed like it lasted forever. i think it actually covered there for a while. it lasted. it was loud. you could hear the windows crashing first. but then it got light again. so the ceiling was gone. but we were safe. >> well, the one phone call i had, she asked me, do you think the closet is safe. i said absolutely. and from what i understand, she got in there and the other kids in the bathroom.

That closet? >> we had five. >> you were actually holding on to the door? >> yeah. everybody else, we fit into the bathrooms. fourth, fifth and sixth grade. >> what was it like trying to hold on to that door? >> well, that's the injury i have. >> from holding on to the door? >> yeah. we were all underneath that. >> so you literally felt the door being forced open? >> sometimes it would pull that way and sometimes debris would come in. i would tell the kids we may get rained on because the roof's going to lift off. we are hanging tight. we are staying strong right here. eventually, it seemed li...

I saw the roof coming off. eventually, it seemed like it lasted forever. i think it actually covered there for a while. it lasted. it was loud. you could hear the windows crashing first. but then it got light again. so the ceiling was gone. but we were safe. >> well, the one phone call i had, she asked me, do you think the closet is safe. i said absolutely. and from what i understand, she got in there and the other kids in the bathroom. >> so you go in there and you see the hallways destroyed. >> there's knee deep from stuff. all the ceiling stuff, everything is down on the floor. i pull them ...

>> everybody else we fit into the bathrooms, fourth, fifth, sixth grade. >> what was it like trying to hold onto that? >> this is the only injury i have. >> that was holding onto the door? >> yes. >> and so you literally felt the door literally trying to get sucked open? >> sometimes it would get pulled that way. i told the kids, it's going to rain. we'll stay strong here. eventually, it seemed like it lasted forever. i think it actually hovered for quite a while. it was loud. you could hear the windows crashing first. it got light again because the ceiling was gone. but we were safe. >> did y...