for all girls out there who want to do engineering, math and science. thanks so much of as always for watching. ac 360 starts live from moore, oklahoma. er republican, thanks. good evening, everyone. we have a lot to cover this evening, dramatic new developments in the boston bomb investigations. also, late developments here in moore, oklahoma. including word that six people had been listed as missing and now accounted for. five are alive. they made it. one of them did not. also, what we saw and the remarkable people we met while visiting an area hospital today. also for the first time getting an up-close look at the wreckage at the plaza towers elementary school. we begin, though, tonight with a chilling image you will ever see. an act of terror in england. a man with a meat cleaver, a kitchen knife, just seconds earlier on the streets of a london neighborhood, neighborhood, this man and an accomplice reportedly chanting alla akbar, god is great, hacked a man to death.

the victim, a british soldier from a nearby post. police say the two men knocked him down with a car, descend canned on him with knives and cleaver and gun and dumped his body in the road. then almost, unbelievable, one of the killers approached onlookers and made a statement. watch. >> i apologize that women had to witness this today. but in our land, our women have to see the same. you people will never be safe. they don't care about you! >> he went on to say, quote, we swear by all mighty alla, we will never stop fighting you. he and his partner confronted police. prime minister david cameron sounded a defiant note. >> we have always beaten them back. we have done that through a combination of victim vigilance, security, good policing. but above all the way we have beaten them back is showing an absolutely indomitable british spirit that we will not be

cowed, we will never buckle under these sorts of attacks. >> as i said, the attack -- the attack was brutal, horrific. joining us now with details, nick robertson in london. nick, this is really a stunning kind of terrorism. what is the latest we know about the victim and the man in custody? >> reporter: we don't have a name for the victim yet. he is believed to be an active service duty soldier. we have very few details about the two men involved. they both appear to be relatively young, early to mid 20s. described as afro caribbean, quite tall. beyond that, very few details. both being held in separate hospitals at this time. no indications yet, other than what they have said about where they might come from. but that is perhaps the biggest clue. their accents do appear to be very pronounced british accents, anderson. >> so, again, we don't know if they are british-born, raised in

england. do we know anything about kind of the level of planning of this attack? >> reporter: well, the indications are, and this really frenzied attack that was utterly brutal and going through it for them would have been traumatic experience. the fact that they then stayed there for almost 30 minutes before the police arrived to take them on, and give statements, call on people at the side of the road to ask to use their cell phones to record statements is an indication they knew what they were going to do. they had waited outside the barracks, waited for the soldier. we don't know a specific soldier. attacked him, killed him and then paused and then went to people on the street to ask them to record their message. it clearly shows a level of planning. we don't know the extent of the planning. security services concerned enough to be upping security at all the army bases in london which is a clear indication

they're concerned there may be a potential for more acts like this right now, anderson. >> that's incredible. so, wait. so they allegedly killed this man, brutally, and then asked passers-by to videotape them, to take pictures of them? >> reporter: they didn't run away. and all types of attacks -- of this nature, generally, the attackers will kill somebody, move on and try and get away from the police. we have seen this before in this style of what appears to be a radical islamist type of attack. that's the way they were defining themselves to the people there. the attackers would record a video before they go in for the attack. here, the men know, because they're waiting, they're going to be arrested by the police. and they know that this is their opportunity to get across their message. that does show that -- a brazen level of disregard for what they've done.

disregard for their own security, as we saw when the police arrived, they were shot. anderson. >> and a desire to send a message and a desire to make a point, which is where the british government was so quick to label it terrorism. nick, appreciate it. we're going to talk to christiane amanpour later on in this hour. we want to get more details about this, how it compares to other attacks we have seen, not only in england, but elsewhere throughout europe. six previously unaccounted for people here in moore, oklahoma have been located. one of them, we know, has died, as i mentioned. there is no clear word yet whether that brings the number killed to 25. right now the official death toll here is 24. ten of whom, as you know, are children. the number injured now topping 350. and some of them are telling remarkable stories. first, though, i want to tell the stories that people who can no longer speak for themselves. tiwana robinson with the storm bearing down from inside a closet, called her daughter. she described her situation. she said "i love you."

and the phone went dead. tawuana robinson was 45 and today we are getting more names of those passed. terri long worked at the faa, air safety specialist. terry long was just 49 years old. megan megan futrell riding the out the storm in the cooler of a 7-eleven. case futrell in his mom, megan's arms when he died. 4 months old. a lifetime of stories ahead of him. kyle davis was a rock of a little boy. his friends nicknamed him "the wall." got good grades in school, loved monster trucks. kyle was 8 years old, one of seven children who died at plaza towers elementary. antonio candlearia, leaves behind two sisters. nicholas mccabe is described as a vibrant 9-year-old, full of life, full of smiles, who loved

legos. we met janae hornsby's dad. he called her a ball of energy and love. can't believe she is gone. neither can her cousin who tells her mom, i don't want to sound crazy, but she is going to call me. her dad still hopes that somehow his daughter may still be alive, but he knows she is not. the first thing people noticed about sydney marie angle was her eyes and smile. she loved softball, pitched her first game recently. she loved her dog, charlie. she loved her classmates at plaza to we ares and they loved her. sydney angle 9 years old. seven can kids died, ten in all. shannon quick, leaves behind two sons, 8 and 13 years old. they were all together when the storm hit. the 8-year-old was hurt, as well. so was his grandmother, shann shannon's mom, joy.

we met the mom and listened to her story in the hospital in oklahoma city where she is recovering. she was sitting next to her daughter-in-law. how long did it feel like it went on for? >> 13 minutes, at least. >> were you able to speak to each other during it? >> i just remember hollering. asking god to keep us safe. but then it took the wall, the ceiling, and i could feel it suck the wall out from behind us. it felt like it was trying to somersault me, had me all up in a ball. and from there something hard hit me on the bottom of the foot. i remember that. i don't remember anything hitting my arm. >> did you lose consciousness? >> i may have for just an

instant, because the first recollection i have is tanner, my oldest grandson, he was standing up. he -- the boys call me ma instead of grandma. i'm ma to them. he says, "ma, are you okay, ma, please be okay." and i don't know how long he had been hollering at me. but i was kind of able to push myself up. i can't move that arm, but i kind of used my elbow to push up. and then i saw shannon and i started yelling for somebody to come help. a person came over there and called 911. they couldn't -- it was so bad they couldn't even get ambulances up in there to help her. >> as soon as you saw her, you knew she was in bad shape? >> yeah. >> hole in the intestines. >> there was gas everywhere and a fire. i knew it was going to get blown

up. >> were you able to talk to her? >> she kept saying she couldn't breathe. and i think her lungs were building up with fluid. she kept saying "tanner, jackson, tanner, jackson." and i told her they were okay, just to lay real still. she kept saying she wanted to turn over so she could breathe better. >> what did you say to her? >> to lay still so she didn't cause any worse injuries. >> when did you find out that she had passed away? >> the emt guy was oh over there. she had been holding on to his pant leg. he was standing next to her, and she had her fingers gripping his pant leg, and he kept talking to her. and all of a sudden her arm went limp, and he had taken some military guy had taken his shirt

off and had that over her chest to kind of keep her warm and put it up over her face. kept telling them she wasn't gone, she was breathing. she wasn't. >> what do you want people to know about shannon? >> i think people that know her already know about her. she was so good. there's not a soul that didn't love her. >> a loving mother. >> she loved her kids. still so hard to believe, isn't it? thank you for taking the time to talk to us. i appreciate it. >> shannon passed away there on the scene in her family's home. she has two children, as i said, one of whom who is in intensive care at another hospital. a fund has been set up to help their family, not only in the

immediate -- right now because they have no home, but also down the road with medical bills and the like. you can contribute by going to www.fundme.com/30 mh 60. www. www.gofundme.com/30mh60. we want to bring stories as much as possible. last night a viewer saw our interview with janae hornsby's dad, moved them deeply. they offered to pay for her funer funeral. we connected them with the family and thank them for their part. you can contact me on twitter @andersoncooper, i'll be tweeting in the hour ahead, although the service still spotty. a look at the devastation sat

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comfort individualized. welcome back. we're live in moore, oklahoma. you no doubt have heard now the losses, the devastating losses, the plaza towers elementary school. it was ground zero for the tornado here in moore. helicopter video of the scene was horrifying. the school flattened, third graders missing under all that rubble. we all hold our breath for the parents who waited hour after agonizing hour well into the night as rescuers searched for

their kids, hoping they would be found alive. we now know that seven kids did not survive from that school. and what we have been able to s see, just how destroyed the school was, the level of destruction. until today, that is. our john king tousred the ruins with the moore police department. attended himself plaza towers elementary. take a look. >> in terms of when people first responded here, i mean, where did everybody go? >> we basically just surrounded the school and started running into different areas. some of this has been cleaned out. due to the search and rescue efforts. they're literally just climb oefing over debris. people were yelling for help, so pulling people out as quickly as possible. and that went on literally for hours. >> this was a hall of classrooms that led -- >> classrooms on each side. >> not connected, though. there was nothing? >> that was a classroom straight ahead. there was classrooms out here. you can see there's still tile. >> right. this is gone. >> this classroom is gone.

>> these classrooms are all gone. >> more on the front side here too. anywhere we see tile. >> you can see the door leading into what was the classroom. >> back wall with the board. that's the front wall of the school there. >> front wall would have been right there, yes. >> is there a place in the school where people fared better? >> you can see where there are still walls standing up. obviously, that corner, the main part of the tornado came through this way. so this is the area that took the most as it went through this part here. so that's -- you can just kind of see where the walls are standing and where they're not. a lot of 460-something students. unfortunately, we did lose seven. but by looking at the damage, it's a miracle that we didn't lose a lot more. and none of this has been touched. this is what it looked like. there hasn't been tractors moving anything. this is how it landed. >> the people have been through, and that region will be certain there is -- >> this is what has taken so

long. we had to go through all of this. and this goes for 15 miles the other way. >> 15 miles? >> of just like this. >> 15 miles just like this. >> 15 miles, yes. >> john king joins me now. to see it up close like that, it's just gone. >> the school was shaped like a u and essentially the two arms are gone and the flat crossbar, some of that is left. and that's where you had the one interior wall, the only piece left. and that will be the big debate. it's an older school. should it have had some kind of underground shelter, something more secure. if you're parents of one of the seven who perished, i'm sure your answer is yes. >> a lot of folks. i talked to the mayor last night and he said he didn't think just the economics of building either a basement or safe room or a shelter -- that there was going to be a ground swell of people wanting that to happen. >> the finances will be the debate going forward. and part of the debate will also be, anderson, on a full at a, they don't know how many were there at the time the storm hit. on a full day, 460 students in that building.

how do you build a room big enough suspect most of them were survived. some will make that argument. it's an impossible argument to sell to the parents who lost their children. if you go through the entire neighborhood, it is just amazing. they have been shut off even to residents because they're just turning the electricity and gas back on today and they think they've got it shut off where they were supposed to but there is a risk of fire. but if you watch, there are cars there that belong miles away. and there are beds and, you know, and the school is full of beds and furniture from the nearby homes. vehicles to come from miles away. you get a sense when you go through, a lot has still been untouched. it's just one of those things, you see how wide it is. 15 miles. >> the other thing, i think teachers are heroes every day in schools around the country. but we saw so many just heroic actions by teachers at that school, and briarwood elementary. and other schools getting the kids to safe places and also staying with the kids and getting them through the storm. >> and if you see how deep some of the debris has been moved. because of the heroic first responders, said they heard

screaming, cries for help. these are little kids crushed under the debris, classrooms crashed on top of them. the fact they moved so much to get people out but teachers able to protect the students. it is gone. it's ripped off. most of the school is ripped off the foundation. >> john, appreciate it. thanks. briarwood elementary, as i mentioned, here in moore was also destroyed by the tornltado. the video is equally as testify stating as the scene as plaza towers, but amazingly everyone at briarwood, students, teachers, staff, got out alive. shelly mcmillan is the principal at briarwood. she joins me now. >> hey, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. thank god. i mean, what you and your teachers did is extraordinary. i talked to some of them last night. how much warning did you have the storm -- that the storm was coming? >> well, we knew a lot -- we knew about it, just because we were watching the weather channels, monitoring that. and sirens went off. and we had been planning all day for the storm to come.

and so -- >> when it actually -- >> an hour? >> when it actually hit, what thank you do? >> well, we were watching it come. and i was just praying that it would go a different direction. but it didn't -- or lift. but okay, it's coming. this is it. and so we had a few parents and teachers watching and tracking it, and everybody getting in their safe spot and off -- everybody went to their safe areas. they were already there, though. once the sirens went off, i had everybody in from the gym, from the portables, everybody was already in their spots. >> i talked to a teacher from briarwood last night. finish strong was the motto for her class. >> yeah, mrs. graham, yeah. >> and she did a great job of getting everybody in a closet, also other folks in bathrooms. and she was so proud of her students for the courage they showed during this. >> absolutely, yes. they were calm, and we practice drills all of the time. >> this is something you practice. >> all of the time, yes. at least monthly, you know.

fire, lockdown, tornado. >> your school is a newer school. it's not a brand-new school, but it's newer than some of the other schools. and so it's built a little bit differently. >> yeah, it's a pod school. so they're not -- it doesn't have hallways. so they're each pod. >> do you hope that some sort of change occurs, that schools are able to build shelters? >> oh, i think that would be great. yes. there are so many we have to protect. i think it would be a great idea. i don't know how financially if that's possible or not. i'm not in that end of it, but, you know, from a parent point of view, from a teacher, principal point of view, that would be fabulous. >> you must be proud of your teachers. >> absolutely. amazing, amazing. they're veteran teachers, so they've all been there quite a while and they know the students. they've had several siblings. so they knew exactly what to do. i had no doubt that they would keep them safe. all the faith in the world. >> thank you so much for talking to us. >> yeah. >> thanks. >> it's incredible that more people were not killed, frankly,

here. 24 people, it's a horrible, horrible death toll, and this community will be forever changed by it. but when you see the path of the destruction, it's just -- it's a blessing that so many people survive. we're going to continue bringing stories from moore throughout this hour tonight, including two teachers who were rescued from briarwood elementary in a place where you would think no one at all could possibly survive. we're going show you some pictures of what they took what they survived through. just got word that directly ties the dead boston marathon suspect with a grizzly triple homicide back in 2011. a major development. authorities have been looking into this for weeks now. we even discussed this back when the bombings took place. looks like they have come up with something big. we'll tell you what it is, ahead. [ engine revving ]

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good evening, everyone. cnn has just confirmed that authorities are now making a direct connection between the dead boston marathon bombing suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev, and the triple homicide back in 2011 that killed one of tsarnaev's close friends. it cams off an acquaintance reportedly confessed to take part before authorities say he attacked and was shot dead by the fbi agent who was interviewing him. a lot of bizarre developments in this story. susan cantyotty joins us now. what have you learned? . >> we have learned that, as you indicated, boston marathon suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev, played a direct role in the triple murder in 2011 outside boston you have been reportedly so extensively about. along with a church chechen

killed can today, while he was being questioned for any possible connection between him and the boston marathon bombing. so this man by the name of ibrahim todashev apparently told police, according to a federal law enforcement official that not only he participated in slashing the throats of three men back in 2011 in a drug rip-off, but that so did tamerlan tsarnaev. now, according to our source, apparently they were killed because the two men were worried that the victims would later be able to tell the police about what happened to them during this drug rip-off and therefore be able to identify them, anderson. >> so let me get this straight. tamerlan tsarnaev who is portraying himself as a devout muslim, doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, is involved in a drug rip-off, allegedly involved in a drug rip-off, and then goes about murdering three people, slitting their throats with his friend? that's the allegation? >> they have been looking the

longest time now for any possible connection in the case. that does appear to be the case. and they are currently waiting for the results of dna testing to put tamerlan, as well as this other man, at the scene. >> do we know -- i guess another critical question is, is there any connection between this guy or any alleged connection between this guy who got shot today and killed and the boston bombing. >> you're right, anderson. that is initially what our sources tell us led authorities to go talk to this guy in orlando, florida. they were looking for any possible connection, because they found out that tamerlan and this guy were friends. and so they went down there looking for any possible connection to that. but subsequently, had also learned that there might be a linkage to this murder as well. and part of that had to do with information gained by my colleague, deborah feyerick. there were cell phone records that a connection was made between a guy in orlando and tamerlan tsarnaev. so they went looking for that. so far, however, they have found

no direct link between the man who was killed and the boston bombing. but, of course, they're still looking. haven't found it yet. >> all right. and was he alone with an fbi agent when he was shot, or were there multiple -- you said there were state police also in the room? >> still unclear how many people were in the room at the time. but we are told that after he had confessed to being involved in the triple he murder, that he attacked, according to our sources, attacked an fbi agent with a knife. and so it was after -- it is unclear how many people were in the room. it's unclear whether that knife has been recovered. presumably it was. but whenever there is an fbi-involved shooting, the fbi agent then shot, allegedly, this man, because i am told that he was -- felt directly threatened, that his life was threatened. and so now a review panel comes in whenever there is an fbi shootout to look for -- to look

at that shooting and how it took place. >> all right. more to learn there. susan, thanks. more now on the attack in broad daylight on a busy british street in the suburb of london. people watching in horror as two men run down their victim, then hack him savagely with knives and cleavers. british government calling the terror attack, one of the suspected killers saying so on camera, the weapon still in his bloody hands seconds after butchering another human being. take a look. >> we swear, we will never stop fighting you until you leave us alone. we must fight them as they fight us. and eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. i apologize a woman had to witness this today. you people will never be safe. the government, they don't care about you. do you think david cameron is going to get caught in the street? when we have our guns, do you think they're going to be the average guy like you? >> the man who allegedly just committed a brutal homicide

being videotaped talking about it. already, an apparent reprisal or at least one attempt at one. a man with two knives threw a smoke grenade in a mosque outside london. obviously tensions running high if those two events are related. we'll check in with nick robertson in london standing outside the prime minister's residence. and christiane amanpour, host of "amanpour cnn international." we have not seen this kind of attack certainly in england. there was the film maker in -- i think it was the netherlands who got killed in a knife attack. british authorities haven't seen this kind of attack before, have they? >> not in this particular manner, no. and it is really very bizarre. all the security experts have been telling us throughout this day. you know, the words that he is saying, this man who has been captured on cell phone video, are almost exact replicas of what the 7-7 bomber said in their video they left before they blew up in the underground

buses. almost an exact replica of what dzhokhar tsarnaev wrote on the boat before he was found at the end of the manhunt. an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. but the question is really is, are these people part of a bigger conspiracy, a bigger al qaeda. and just about everybody that i've spoken to today says it does not look like that. this was very, very low-tech. it seems to be home-grown. it seems to be lone wolf, if you like, even copy-cat kind of crime. it is terror, because it is designed to terrorize and to create fear and panic. and these people even went so far as you have seen, to get themselves recorded. now they have been captured alive. they have been taken into hospital, they were obviously wounded when they confronted police. so presumably, we'll hear a lot more about it. but i think, anderson, when we try to figure out what's going on, after this more than decade-long war against al qaeda, by and large, massive attacks on the homeland, massive

al qaeda spectacular attacks have not happened again since. and intelligence experts always told us that what it was going to be would be the al-qaeda affiliates and franchises like aqap and yemen, aqim in the islamic maghreb mal i and this is what we're seeing, boston, here today. >> and nick, we don't know whether this person is a british citizen, whether they kbru grew up in england. they have what sounds like a pretty distinctive english accent. any concern or intelligence about british soldiers being targeted on the streets of london, nick? >> perhaps not the streets of london. we do know in a town just north of london, lutein last year, four men were convicted planning for islamist radicals convicted planning to load a car with explosives and drive it under remote control into an army

barracks. the clear intent there, to target soldiers at that barracks, just outside of london. and, of course, a few years ago in birmingham, about 100 miles from london, there was a plot to capture a former british soldier, a -- a pakistani heritage capture him, and then execute him by beheading him online. of course, that plot was interrupted. it has been the bigger, more spectacular of these types of plots that the police and the security services have been so successful in stopping and perhaps a realization is coming among the radicals now that if they want to get below the radar, it has to be small. that big isn't working. perhaps that's part of the picture. certainly will be something that the security services here will be asking themselves on this style of attack, anderson. >> christian, obviously one of the things so concerning about this style of attack, it's not -- these people don't need to have direct contact with some foreign jihadist group.

they can -- been radicalized in england, and as you said, it's a very low-tech attack, and it's designed to make a statement, to make a point and to sow terror. >> we have to say the council of muslims in britain immediately came out again and totally, you know, condemned this and said they respect the armed forces, this has got nothing to do with them at all. so this part of the piece is also playing out right now. but the idea of terror is, if you can't kill a lot of people, kill a few people. if you can't fikill a few peopl kill one person. that is in the words of a former fbi official, and indeed i spoke today to the former head of counterterrorism at mi-6, the british intelligence service. and that is what they're saying. these are -- appear, anyway, to be crazies who have committed murder in a spectacular way, and have decided to make it, you know, a very public way. and this is the essence of

terror. >> yeah. christiane amanpour, nick robertson, as well. up next, the horrifying experience of two second grade teachers here in moore, oklahoma as the tornado smashed into their building. we'll hear how they, their students and own kids survived the impact. they were together. we'll also see how four-legged friends are bringing comfort to the littlest survivors here in moore. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'.

congestion, for it's smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the busses are running on natural gas, they don't throw out as much pollution to the earth. so i feel good. i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment.

looking around at the level of destruction here in moore, it's almost hard to believe that so many people survived, and thank god they did. it appears that the quick action right after the twister hit and even before the searching and digging through the rubble for their neighbors played a key role in helping people make it through. so many neighbors pitched in, even before first responders were able to get there. one man in moore who saved a life is juan alava. take a look at the cnn ireport he sent us. >> is anybody here? there you can smell the gas. watch out. is anybody here? take them over there. is anybody there? oh, my god. is there anybody here? can you say something? >> i'm here! >> can you say something, please?

is there anybody here? >> like a hurricane through here. >> yeah, this is all bad, bro. you got it going? here. >> anybody here? >> go that way, bro. over here! over here! hey! hey, here! where are you at? >> right here! >> where? we're going to get you. we're going to get you! hey, hey, hey!

give me a hand! there's somebody in here! >> call for help. >> help is right here! >> that's incredible. the man they rescued survived. he put down his phone, started digging and saved a life. cheers to you, juan alivo, if you are watching tonight. briarwood elementary school was really completely tess detroit. somehow everybody got out alive. and has a lot to do with the teachers there. here with me two second grade teachers trapped when the building collapsed. they were with their students, making matters worse for annette brown and gina janssen. their own children were also with them at briarwood when they were trapped, as well. first of all, how are you both doing tonight? >> good. >> we're doing well. >> how is your arm? your arm got trapped. >> yes. it's fine. has occasional numbness, but -- other than that, it's fine. >> explain what it was like during the storm.

>> scary. we just didn't really know what was going to happen next. we just kept talking to the students and reminding them to be calm and to pray and think about their angels. >> what room did you put them in? >> we put them in the bathroom -- the hallway, and we have a small hallway where there are bathrooms and a water fountain and we put them in there. >> how about for you? what was it like? >> yeah, it was just terrifying. we had our kids lined up in our rooms against the inner walls, is where they're supposed to be. but my room is the furthest west so that's the outer -- like, took a direct hit. so i decided to move on to the bathroom. and annette did too, so moved them into the bathroom with their dictionaries on their heads. >> so nothing would hit their heads. >> right and we sung songs. >> what songs were you singing?

>> row row your boat and they wanted to sing god bhless america. they were practicing for a show we were today. >> so you were singing god bless america when the storm hit. >> uh-huh. >> wow. >> yeah. >> did you think you might not make it out? >> i definitely thought -- yeah. totally. >> especially after everything fell, and we couldn't move. and had a very hard time breathing. i -- i really didn't think that we would last long oh enough to be dug out. >> you had a hard time breathing. you had so much stuff on top of you. >> yes, very much. >> because things were on you. >> the entire room caved in on us. the cinder blocks and the steel beams fell on top of that. just everything. it was all on top of us. and with every breath we took when we would exhale, the pressure would increase. it just kept getting heavier and heavier. and toward the end, it got so that i could not talk to my

students anymore. and -- >> you had -- both of you had your kids with you. not only your kids you teach, but your actual kids, your children. did -- did you -- were yu happy that they were there with you? i know you had called so they would be there with you. >> right. >> given what you went through, were you glad they were there with you? >> i was. because buried underneath it, i didn't -- i just assumed that the rest of the school was in the same condition that we were. and it was very comforting to me to know where my children were and to be able to hear my youngest son's voice. i couldn't hear my older son, but my younger son was telling me he could hear him talking. and i just -- as i was thinking how thankful i was, my heart went out to those parents who didn't know where their children were or whether they were safe. because even if i passed, i at least knew that i could hear their voices and that i knew where they were. >> and you could hear your kids as well. >> i could not hear mine. but i did -- i was brought down

with the wall on my head. but when i looked up, i saw them free my son. and then somebody yelled at me that my daughter had been freed. so i never saw them until we went to the play ground. >> just incredible. well, i mean, everybody i've talked to, parents and -- everybody has just praised the actions of teachers like yourselv yourselves. thank you for talking to us tonight. we appreciate it. it's really an honor. thank you. we heard so many remarkable stories. next, some comforting faces here in moore with wet noses and the kids they are helping right here. we will explain, ahead. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios

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>> i'm sorry about how my school was -- was destroyed. >> do you want to tell. >> about the tornado. >> sure. >> yeah, okay. i was on the ground, and i was on my knees and doing this. and i hit my head on the back and here. >> there you go. >> reporter: but it's not only children, and not only victims the comfort dogs visit. many of the doctors and nurses want to see them too. courtney, who broke her arm before the tornado, says she got to visit with two comfort dogs. ruthy and lila. do you know lila is only 9 months old, she is a puppy and the same size as ruthy. >> i know. i think she was smaller. >> a little smaller. but she's still bigger than you. >> true. if she was on her two legs. >> yeah, maybe next time she can stand on her two legs and walk through the door. >> reporter: the comfort dogs have indeed greatly comforted courtney, and plenty of other victims in this hospital.

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