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Station. there, she hid inside a freezer with 50 other strangers who had found that same gas station, all afraid they were going to die. joining us on the phone, that woman, beverly allen. good morning, beverly. thanks for being with us today. >> caller: good morning to you all. >> tell us about your in credibe journey last night, your incredible rescue. you and 50 other people huddling together at a gas station freezer. >> caller: well, we had actually waited too late to leave and it became this mass exodus from moore, norman and south oklahoma ci city, any road heading south. there was just ...

thwart a potentially catastrophic event, the likes of which the city of tampa has not seen and hopefully never will. >> i want to bring in david mattingly who has been covering this for us all day long. i want to begin with the fact that i'm glad we're sitting here telling this version of the story. this could have gone a different direction. a lot of this is all in thanks to this unsung hero who we may never know who this individual is who tipped police off. what did the police ultimately find? >> what they ultimately found in the bedroom of his apartment where he was living, found ...

Close, he's a joplin resident and lived through the storm. he joins us on the phone to talk about that. so when the storm was coming in, where were you? >> hi, carol. we had just got through grocery shopping and i've got a nephew who has a nice basement, so we drove over there and, you know, when the sirens went off, we knew that it was coming, because we could see the hail, and when the straight-line winds hit, you know, i worked in tv for ten years, so i knew what i was witnessing. what i was witnessing was all of that rush of wind being sucked into the vortex. so we knew it was close. and i...

for us, as we pine away for john king's 300th home run. >> carol, can you believe that? he caught that thing, right place, right time, a little bit of talent. >> i got hit in the head with a foul ball once, but never caught one. >> so that explains it! >> exactly! >> i'm kidding, carol, good to see you. >> have a great day, thank you so much. good morning to you. it's the heart of tornado alley. you know what i'm talking about this morning. the devastation in joplin, missouri, is shocking. take a look at why. >> my gosh. oh, my gosh! there it is. >> it was massive. at least 89 peop...