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tsunami on tape. incredible new images out of japan like you've never seen before. why there could be thousands more like these to come. that and more right here, right now on cnn. good evening, i'm don lemon. tonight, you're going to meet some of the people mind images of destruction that you won't soon shake. you'll hear stories of survival from americans who through quick thinking, luck or divine intervention will live to see another day. we begin in henryville, inn inl. if you're ever this close to a tornado, run to a safer place. luckily our i-reporter did survive. >> [ bleep ].

we've got to get in the house. >> [ bleep ]. >> look at that. my friend lives right over there, too. oh, good! come on, nick. that is nuts! [ bleep ]! >> same town, same storm, but a different man who has to duck into a gas station for cover. a fearsome sight of a swirling mass tearing up the landscape. he says he was driving when the twister started bearing down. he picked just the right place to hole up. >> the vehicles that was on 160 were beinged turned over in front of us. we saw the marathon station across the street leveled, nothing left of it. it then kept moving to the east and then you could tell it hit the school with all of the turbulence. >> life in henryville, indiana may never be the same. you can say that about so many

communities in the path of these storms. at least 37 people have died. 14 of them were in indiana. and we learned that the tornado that hit henryville was an ef-4. that means sustained winds up to 200 miles per hour, we're talking nascar speeds here. it cut a path 52 miles long and it was as wide as 1 1/2 football fields. the damage, of course, is catastrophic. about 180 miles away, another town is obliterated. west liberty, kentucky. an ef-3 blew through the heart of this small town. winds were as high as 165 miles per hour. it seems no building was spared. the roofs are peeled off some. others were blasted to the ground. kentucky got some of the worst of it. 18 people died there. let's meet some of the brave people of henryville now. there a twister took away a family's home, but took a father, a dad.

>> reporter: here in clark county, indiana, in henryville, only one person didn't survive that killer tornado. he's 64-year-old wayne hunter. this is the hill top home wayne and lanora built to raise their family more than 40 years ago. this is how it looks now, flattened, blown to bits by a tornado. those front steps once led to their front door. now they lead to heartache. >> it's all right. >> reporter: how would you like your dad to be remembered? >> he loved nature, he loved people. he was a really good guy. he loved this community. >> reporter: they couldn't resist shooting some video of the twister heading their way, then ran for cover inside. >> they were in the safest spot in the house, the very middle of the house. there was no windows.

they shut the doors and covered up with a blanket. >> reporter: but not safe this time. they were found about 30 feet apart. wayne hunter was dead. his beloved wife still alive. >> they went into a back room and just held onto each other, covered each other up and knowing them, they said a few prayers. >> hunter was a volunteer firefighter and recently retired emergency room nurse. those who knew him say he really believed laughter was the best medicine. >> he would be able to put a smile on everybody's face right now with all the demolition. >> reporter: what do you think he would make of all this? >> making pictures and posting them on facebook. >> and making a lot of jokes. >> reporter: now the hard part, trying to save pieces of their home, of their life, and trying to understand why. >> the whole randomness of a tornado is amazing. they hit, one house is

destroyed, one house isn't. one person dies, one person doesn't. i don't think you can understand that. >> reporter: yet for family and friends of wayne hunter, just because they avoided this twister's path doesn't mean they weren't touched by what it took away. mrs. hunter is expected to make a full recovery. her family credits neighbors for saving her life. don? >> susan, thank you very much. each time there is a disaster of this nature, there's always at least one survival story that grips us. this time is no different. a 20-month-old girl was found in a field miles from her family's home. she's now in critical condition at a children's hospital in louisville, kentucky. a hospital spokeswoman said her parents, a 2-month-old sister, and a 3-year-old brother, were all killed in the storm. it's not known how the little girl wound up alone in the field. her extended family is now with her at the hospital.

the storms killed 18 people in kentucky, where the governor has declared a state of emergency. but with the storm racing towards them, some of the people of west liberty looked to a higher power for help. >> oh, god, that's going to be big. >> take it away from us, lord. take it, lord, take it, lord, take it away from us, jesus. >> this woman was praying and speaking in tongues and her prayers were answered. her home was spared, but much of the town wasn't. cnn's jim spellman is surveying the damage in west liberty for us. jim? >> reporter: take a look at the destruction this storm brought through on friday. right up the street here where you can see these vehicles going, this is the main part of town, it's on lockdown right now. earlier i took a first hand look. this is west liberty, kentucky, hit hard by friday night's tornadoes. this is the mobile command

center they've set up here. this town is on lockdown. here's why they need the command center. this until friday night was the police department. this right here is a police car that was flipped on its side. you can just see here this destruction, as this tornado tore through here. it was friday night around dusk, around 7:00 when this tornado came through. some buildings completely leveled and you could see piles of bricks. you could see the spray paint from agencies that have been searching, establishing there's nobody trapped in here. that's the focus is search and rescue. it's pain staking work to go from building to building and dig through all the crevices and voids. the police tell us that with communications down, cell phone towers down, very hard to establish connections or internet connection. it's hard to know who may still be stuck here. so they have to do these house by house, building by building searches.

some of these buildings made it a little better. you can see win dose blown out. and on the other side of the street, you'll see the courthouse. this was the town center right here on main street. it's just really devastating that this tornado went right through the heart of this small town here in kentucky. really the worst possible path for such a destructive storm. we received word that the search and rescue part is over. they found no people trapped inside any of the buildings in west liberty. that's really good news. the next part is cleanup. they have to remove all of this debris from throughout the town. then they have to get new electricity run in here before they can rebuild and get some of these people back into their homes. don? >> jim spellman, thank you for your reporting. to find out more how you can find those affected, go to cnn.com. up next, washington holds caucuses.

who gains momentum going into tuesday? plus, president obama and the black vote. is it still a sure thing this time around? that's straight ahead. for my arthritis, i use

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shannon travis is in seattle tonight where paul had planned what he hoped would be a victory rally. but listen, 24%, that's not so bad. he came in dead even with rick santorum. he didn't win. it's not a bad showing, though. is this a missed opportunity for ron paul? >> it is a missed opportunity. you're exactly right what you just said, don. 24% is not a bad showing but it's not the showing that the ron paul campaign wants to get. they want to win in one of these contests. dr. paul said publicly himself, you heard him, you know what? we're focusing our strategy on caucus states. there's not a lot of money you have to spend in advertising. it's neighbor and neighbor and families getting together, all supporting. and arguably he has the most -- the biggest crowd sizes. the problem for him is that he hasn't been able to translate all of the hundreds of people coming out in mass to his events

to actual votes. it's something i talked to him a lot about, the campaign is frustrated by it. but yet, again, dr. paul says you know what? we're still winning, because we're winning on delegates. take a listen to what he said about that tonight. >> we're in a good second place. but -- the good news is we're doing very well in getting delegates! >> so don, it's true, they are racking up delegates. but it's their trailing versus mitt romney and the others and the question is, if you rack up those delegates, what do you do with them if you don't win the nomination? it's something that ron paul and his campaign advisers have to figure out. >> let's look ahead to super tuesday. tell us what's at stake and why? nothing is decided yet, everybody is still in limbo here. >> that's right. it's a huge deal.

normally you know typically super tuesday the nominee is decided by then. not so much in this case. 419 delegates at stake. about 37% of the total delegates that you need to win the actual nomination. so it's a big deal, ten states holding their contest, primaries, caucuses, whatever, which is why you see rick santorum barn storming across ohio. that's going to be a crown jewel. romney obviously there too. so it's a pretty big deal because there's just so many delegates at stake. again, super tuesday historically is almost an afterthought. but this year, this time, it's huge. >> digging the glasses there, shannon travis. going to have to borrow them. thank you, sir. cnn is the only place to be on super tuesday. starting with a special edition of "john king usa" at 6:00 eastern. complete coverage of all ten states at 7:00 eastern right here on cnn.

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black voters turned out in historic numbers to vote for president obama in 2008. many going to the polls for the first time. with african-americans hit hard by the economy, can the obama campaign energize these voters again? here's season's suzanne malvo. >> reporter: donnell scott has a story on his wall about president obama when he won the 2008 election. >> i wanted to capture this for my family, because it was so

historical. >> reporter: this year he's not sure he wants to vote for obama again. >> these next few month also be the telltale sign of that decision. >> reporter: african-americans have been hit hard, with black unemployment at 13. 6%, almost double the rate of whites. >> at times i've held almost three or four different jobs at one time. when you have a family you're trying to support, you'll do whatever you takes, no matter the odds. >> reporter: in 2008, african-americans went to the polls in record numbers. 96% of african-americans who voted, voted for president obama. but some people in the black community feeling a sense of disappointment now, the question is, can the president hold on to the black vote? former obama policy adviser and now dnc head patrick gasbarg believes he can. >> african-americans have been disproportionately affected by the recession. over the course of the last 23

months, we've seen 3.7 million jobs grown in the private sector alone and there is a sense we're beginning to turn this around. >> reporter: maxine waters has been one of the president's toughest critics, but she says republican attacks on president obama will energize blacks to vote. >> since the republican candidates have taken to the air with these debates, they have tried to undermine the president in so many ways. they have strengthened the resolve of african-americans to re-elect this president. >> we've got to decide what kind of country we want to be. >> reporter: last month the obama campaign launched african-americans for obama to generate support in black communities. at a barbershop in atlanta, opinions were mixed on whether or not to vote for the president in november. >> he's going to have to become very convincing to minorities right now. >> other than that, it's going to sound like the same story again. >> and they're still waiting on

change. >> he's done a ton with the cards he was dealt. four more years would do us and the country well. >> and coming up next -- the syrian military goes after civilians, but it's not just civilians. army soldiers also turn their guns on some of their own. back after the break. quaker oatmeal squares have 46 grams of whole grains... mmmm. ...and a touch of sweetness. you'll be delighted to discover how good they taste. get your free sample of quaker oatmeal squares on facebook.

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6,000 to 10,000 persons inside. why do they prevent the red cross from coming in? they are preparing a massacre. they are arresting hundreds of people. >> snipers are a constant danger in homs and the humanitarian crisis worsens every day, as food, electricity and medical supplies dwindle. two victims of the violence in syria began their final trips home today. american reporter marie colvin and a french photographer. two diplomats in damascus both died in the shelling. russian voters are casting ballots this weekend and are expected to make prime minister vladamir putin president once again. if he wins the election, he'll serve an unprecedented third term. his rivals are hoping to get enough votes to force a runoff.

putin formally served as russian president from 2000 to 2008. iran's government says more than 64% of voters took part in friday's parliamentary election. an official newspaper called the vote "a great slap in the dirty and hateful face of the west." the main reformist party boycotted the election to protest the repression they've faced since 2009. that year the government cracked down on the opposition after the re-election of mahmoud ahmadinejad. next, the first of three funerals for victims of monday's high school shooting rampage in ohio. that and more straight ahead. a] yep that's your mouth. and it's surprising what it goes through in the course of a day. but what's even more surprising is that brushing alone isn't enough to keep it clean. fortunately, you've got listerine. unlike brushing which misses 75% of your mouth, listerine cleans virtually your entire mouth.

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watch this incredible crash out of arizona. this helicopter was following a speeding car while filming a tv show. the man who filmed this footage says he turned the camera off right after the crash. he didn't want to film dead pilots, he says. but they survived. and in fact unbelievably, they climbed out of the wreckage and walked away from the crash. the grief in ohio overwhelmed that small community again today. this time at the first of three funerals for the victims of monday's high school shooting rage. more than 1,000 people were there.

for weeks on end, we watched oil gushing into the oil after the bp oil rig disaster. nearly two years later, bp has agreed to pay nearly $8 billion to businesses and individuals damaged by the spill. that's not the end of it. the government still has claims for violating clean water and oil pollution laws. bp has already paid out $22 billion, most of it to cover the cleanup. the manhunt for a killer is intensifying tonight. pittsburgh police say an armored car, the driver murders his partner and took off with $2 million in cash. police recovered the truck with the body inside yesterday. investigators called 22-year-old kenneth armed and dangerous. the armored car company is offering a reward up to $100,000. gunman opened fire in arizona last night.

the patrons were waiting to see a rap concert. 14 people were wounded, two seriously. police arrested a suspect today and are still looking for two others. they say it appears to be gang related. at least 37 people were killed in those storms that ripped through the midwest and south and man, it was -- it tore a lot of places apart just hours ago. and it will take weeks and months, maybe years for communities to be put back together. >> reporter: with daylight came reality. >> the only thing of my place that's left is the back porch. >> reporter: returning to the places where their homes once stood. still haunted by what they saw friday. a fierce severe weather outbreak barreled across much of the united states, from texas to indiana, to kentucky and georgia. some 17 million people were in the deadly path. >> you could hear people

praying, just let us get through this, god. >> reporter: in the hours after the terror came stories of survival. >> i had about 40 students and staff. we were in the core of the building when the tornado hit, and everyone was safe. no one was injured. >> reporter: something to be thankful for, despite the devastation. entire neighborhoods are flattened. schools are in ruins. but spirits are strong. >> got a lot of good friends. we still got our family. what more can we ask for? >> the people that live here are resilient, god fearing. they're tough and we're knocked down but not knocked out. >> reporter: in hard-hit henryville, indiana, crews spent much of the day combing debris in hopes to find survivors. in kentucky, equipment is in place to clear away what the storms knocked down in west liberty. just two examples of towns, small in population, but big in their determination to come back from this disaster. >> thank you, sandra. how do these tornado

outbreaks form? jacqui jeras is here to break it down. >> reporter: it's a life situation for tornadoes to develop and occur and it's a little early in the season to see some of this. we want to put this whole event in perspective for you, don. this map really details what we saw this week in terms of how many states were affected and how widespread this was. those states that you see there, that's 14 states that have had tornado reports, including damage, including fatalities, and that includes wednesday, not just yesterday, it includes wednesday, as well. all the red dots, those are preliminary reports with major damage or fatalities included and some of the big areas we were talking about, harveyville in kansas, harrisburg here in illinois. we had our henryville, indiana tornado and our west liberty one

and major damage in tennessee, alabama, and into georgia. now, yesterday alone, there were more than 100 reports of tornadoes. when we talk about those conditions that are right, what happens is we get cold, dry air coming in from the north. very warm, moist air coming in from the south and our winds will move in different directions. that's what helps provides the turning. so all these ingredients cause the atmosphere to explode throughout the day yesterday. and we got these long lived super cells that stayed on the ground for a very long period of time. i've had a lot of questions today, because the last time we had such a big outbreak was april of last year. so how does yesterday compare with the outbreak in april of 2011? the number of tornadoes we had yesterday, this is just preliminary, but it was about half of what they saw april 27 and 28. so this is a happen from noaa showing about 303 tornado

warnings just yesterday. the april tornado outbreak, 688. so that's about twice as many. what about how often we see tornadoes break out this frequently in the month of march? this shows you how many we see on average. for march, there you can see the number, around 92. the preliminary reports from yesterday are 100. but that's going to change very likely as they continue to survey all of that damage. all said and done, i got a message at the storm prediction center and he tells us, don, that this outbreak, not just in march, but the number of tornadoes we've had since january 1, will likely put us in the top 10% to 20% of busiest starts to the severe weather season since records began. so this certainly was a huge event that we've been dealing with. and like you said, months, years probably before some of these people will recover completely

and rebuild. >> my goodness. and we're thinking about them and hope they can get back to some degree of normally soon. a reminder for you. if you want to help out, go to cnn.com/impact. all the organizations and tools are there for you to help. up next, we'll talk law and punishment. could the rutgers university student be charged with a hate crime by prosecutors?

let's talk law and justice now. our first story from this dorm, for thor rutger student secretly streamed video of his roommate kissing another man. that roommate ended up killing himself after finding out about the video. on the right is robbie, facing 15 counts in the death. on the left, the man who was with clemente on the video, his identity is being kept secret. earlier, i asked criminal defense attorney holly hughes if prosecutors have a real challenge charging this as a hate crime. >> i don't think they're going to get there. when we charge a hate crime,

basically we're asking the jury to look into the mind of the defendant and say he committed this particular crime because he has a bias against a group of people in this particular case, against homosexuals. >> and i've been hearing in the questioning, did he say to you that he had a problem? >> right. >> no, but that was my impression. >> but we've heard a lot of testimony that he has other friends who are gay and he said i'm just a little uncomfortable having a roommate that's gay. so it's not necessarily a bias against all gay people. when you talk about say a neonazi and there's literature in their room that says i hate this and they belong to a group that is absolutely out there in saying things like that. >> but he wasn't trying to, you know, videotape his straight friends. >> here's the question then, don. first of all, what he did was deplorable and he's charged with

invasion of privacy, and i think that's a slam dunk for the prosecution, as it should be. what happened to tyler clemente is a horrible tragedy, but when we're talking about in a court of law, i'm not sure we're going to get there. a mother in missouri says she was tired of a drug dealer trying to get her son hooked on heroin again and she went to have a conversation with the guy and ended up clubbing him twice with a baseball bat. >> they came to my house, to my work looking for him. trying to get him to buy again. when he was clean. it is the state prosecuting me for trying to protect my son. >> do you have any regrets? >> no. no. he is -- my children are my life, and they're wanting to take his life away and i can't let that happen. >> so the state is prosecuting her. what's going on here? >> the drug dealer showed up at her house. they've been tracking her son down when they're trying to get him clean.

and she had a baseball bat with her. the dealer reached into his car. she thought he was going to be a gun. that's a reasonable assumption. so she hit him with the baseball bat to basically defend himself. >> he's a drug dealer. >> the drug dealer then calls the police. the police don't arrest her. they say, you shouldn't assault this guy. the prosecutor then draws up an accusation and charges her with assault. after this drug dealer shows up on her property and reaches for what she thinks is a weapon. but i think she's got a really strong self-defense case here. >> a lot of people watching this are going i'm on the mom's side. >> i think the jury is going to be too. if the state pushes this forward, there will be a defense attorney who will put up a self-defense claim, which in the state of missouri, the law says you get to defend yourself if you think you're in imminent harm. if it's reasonable force used against you, you're allowed to do that. even if they don't buy that, guess what? it's what we call jury

nullification. the jury thinks maybe you did do it, but we agree with you and we're not going to convict you. >> thank you, holly hughes. thank you very much. after creating a national stir, rush limbaugh is apologizing to this woman, sandra fluke, he called her a prostitute and a shut after her testimony last week. and his apology he said, he thought it was absurd that during these serious political times we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of congress and wondered where the line will be drawn saying, will we be debating if taxpayers should pay for new sneakers that want to run to keep fit? he ended by saying my use of words was not the best and i sincerely apologize for the

insulting word choices. a growing number of advertisers abandoned his show. legal zoom, quicken loans, sleep number beds, and others have canceled or suspended their accounts. up next -- never before seen video. the tsunami that slammed through japan, taking the lives of more than 15,000 people. and we'll tell you why more of these images may continue to show up from the disaster. y fac. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] purifying facial cleanser from neutrogena® naturals. removes 99% of dirt and toxins without dyes, parabens or harsh sulfates. so skin feels pure and healthy. [ female announcer ] from neutrogena® naturals. then don't get nickle and dimed by high cost investments and annoying account fees. at e-trade, our free easy-to-use online tools

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remember it was one month -- one year ago this month when that horrible earthquake and tsunami hit japan. and japan is one of the most wired nations in the world. so what happens when something like that occurs? thousands of people start to record as they're running for their lives. again, it happened one year ago this month. and it was one of the biggest quakes in history, triggering a massive tsunami. 15,000 people died. here is more on the survivors, through survivor's cameras. >> reporter: the very instant the tsunami struck -- a young man, trapped in the frigid rushing waters, clinging to a telephone wire. you're watching this entire

neighborhood as it's ripped apart from a victim trapped in the middle of it. capturing it all on his camera. more than 2 million people viewed this clip since it hit youtube right after the disaster. the teenager shooting the video, this 16-year-old, from his balcony, he kept recording. it was right here. when you were taping that, did you know you were recording history? i never thought about it, he says. i was panicking. his video is just one of thousands on the web showing the tsunami as it happened, making it one of the most recorded disasters in history. japan is one of the most wired countries in the world. mobile phone data shows that every single person has at least one mobile phone and in some cases two. so when the tsunami came roaring ashore, thousands upon thousands captured it on personal devices.

is that the real power of the personal recording device in hand, being able to transmit that video around the world instantaneously. >> to be able to do this in realtime, and to do it to audiences across the globe is unprecedented in how much power it's given the individuals. because you had all of this very real footage, it made the incident much more real in people's minds. they no longer have to imagine what a tsunami is. they saw it live. >> making japan's disaster a shared worldwide experience. he believes the amount of citizen video engaged others to help and showed humanity at its best in the face of disaster. in takahashi's case, what you can't see is the most important part of his story. his video ends suddenly. he stopped recording.

the man clinging to the telephone wire, takahashi waded out to him in the tsunami water and saved his life. >> incredible images. let's take a look at what's coming up tomorrow in the cnn newsroom with fredricka whitefield. >> reporter: the republican presidential field may be slimming down tuesday. michele bachmann has been quiet about her endorsement. is she ready to support one of the candidates? michele bachmann joins me sunday for an indepth interview. we'll discuss politics and her position on iran, as talks on that country begin in washington. join me sunday afternoon starting at 2:30 eastern right here in the cnn news room. >> thank you very much. coming up next, lots of concerns in the florida keys about the fragile coral reefs. but not because of storms. one expert diver shows us how he's restoring marine life.

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look at that. this week's cnn hero has watched the beauty of the sea disappear. now he's working to bring life back to an underwater world in crisis. meet ken niedermayer. >> i grew up diving in the florida keys, and it was just the most magical place. the coral reefs were so pretty and i decided that's what i wanted to do for a living is dive. the reefs provide protection for the coastal areas and recreational opportunities for millions of people. i was diving for 40 years and over time, i saw those coral reefs start to die. coral reefs worldwide are in decline. if they die completely, coastal communities would be bankrupt and tourism would be gone. a billion people in the world would be impacted.

i started thinking how can we fix this problem? >> i'm ken niedermayer, i grow, protect and restore coral reefs. >> we developed a system that's simple and something we can train others to do. >> we start with a piece of coral this big and hang it on trees. after a year or two, it becomes this big. and then we cut the branches off and we do it again. >> ken's coral nursery is one of the largest in the caribbean. >> in 2003, we planted six corals here. and now there's over 3,000 growing in this area alone. >> before i felt helpless, watching it die. now i think there's hope. it's not too late. everybody can help. i see all those corals and fish. it's like this whole reef is coming back to life and making a difference is exciting. >> remember, cnn heroes are all chosen from people you tell us

about. to nominate someone making a difference, go to cnnheroes.com. your nomination could help them to help others. more on the day's news. gas prices have jumped again. the average price of a gallon of regular rose more than a penny and a half in the last 24 hours. it's now nearly $3.76 for a gallon. almost 30 cents more than last month. aaa says today's surge marks the 25th straight increase. players from the new orleans statements could be in trouble for a cash pool that paid players to injure opponents. an investigation by the nfl found that then defensive coordinator gregg williams ran that program. he now says it was a mistake. as many as 27 players funded a pool that doled out $1,500 to knock out an opposing player. the payout was $1,000 when someone has to be carried off the field. the nfl says players involved

could face suspensions. as much as the country begins cleaning up from the string of deadly tornadoes, what's in store for us for the next few days? our jacqui jeras is here. what does it look like? >> a lot better actually, don. but not without complications. the storm that produced all the severe weather is still producing a lot of rain in florida, georgia and the carolinas. so you'll deal with that at least into tomorrow. but no severe weather expected for the next three days. there is a clipper system that will be impacting the tornado zones, however, and i wanted to mention this, because this will bring in late tomorrow and change over to snow by tomorrow night. so folks that are dealing with cleanup here need to act quickly to try and salvage anything that's really important to them in the next few days. we want to mention some of this will be snowfall and this is one computer model forecast bringing it over some of those areas in

illinois, indiana, as well as kentucky. so a weak system, don, but having an impact for those people dealing with temperatures below freezing again. >> jacqui, thank you very much. in instant, the tornadoes destroyed homes and turned lives upside down. here's what living through a tornado is like in a survivor's own words. >> everywhere you look, there's just a story like this. a bus into a building, a mobile home flattened. just major damage everywhere in this area. >> everything was beating around our heads. but thank god we made it. >> i looked up and i was talking to my daughter and i looked up and i just seen debris everywhere. the next thing i knew, i thought it was a dream. >> there's gas leaks, the houses are all completely demolished back there, completely, to the

ground. >> the building shook. the lights went off. the noise was incredible. and it passed by right in front of us. >> we're getting golf ball size hail. i can't honestly tell you what's going on. >> it was just, like, you were on a skate this weigh and it just kept going like this. and the next thing i know, i'm pushing tables, refrigerators, freezers, whatever i had on me, off of me. >> it just seemed like my house was just lifted up and dropped. my roof fell in, and the glass was every place. but while i was under the table,