just before the devastation struck stephhnie decker put herself on the line for her kids.lf on top of them, to shield them from all the debris." "i was reaching around holding them, and trying to keep everythiig away from them so it didn't hit them."the reckage that piled on stephanie broke seven of her ribs and almost completely sevvred both of her legs. "i had two steel beams on my legs, and i couldn't move. i was stuck."decker told her eight-year-old son dominic to make sure the coast was clear pefore getting help. stephanie's fear was confirmed. a second twister was headed right for her family. "and they're screaming, 'mommy i can't live pithoot you. i don't want to die. please don't let me die.'" despite being pinned down by the steel beams, decker cooered er two children a second time in the commorter. after two tornadoes, just minutes apart, leveled their home, dominic aad five-year-old reess didn't suffer so much as a scratch. "anybody that knows her, has no doubt that's what she'd do." unable to remove the heavy debris lying on top of their badly injured mother, d

this is what's left of the decker home. nothing. after two tornadoes blew through henryville, indiana last friday night, decker moved to protect her 5 and 8-year-old boys, covering them with a blanket to shield the debris, but the wreckage did hit her, almost cutting off both legs. a second twister was headed right for stephanie's family. pinned down by the two children, she covered her two children. >> they were screaming. mommy, i can't live without you. please don't die. >> unable to move the heavy debris, 8-year-old dominic went for help. stephanie survived but both legs were amputated. the boys are okay. jamie costello, abc2 news. >>> the morning starts off with a scare in harford county, a chemical scare sent students to the hospital. jeff hager has the details. >>> you note feeling. you didn't win the powerball ticket and you just hopes someone good did. some one has claimed her prize. her story and why she got the ticket in the first place. >>> plus, stepping out of the classroom on to the big stage for the chance to play. t

before stephanie decker finally returns home. >> help out joel and stephanie and little reece and dee can have a home since theirs was destroyed. >> reporter: this is one of two homes belonging to the deckers. stephanie was protecting her kids from the tornado in their basement, and was crushed by debris. doctors had to amputate her legs. >> good thing to come out and help. wasn't even a question. we were all on top, ready to come out here and help this morning. >> reporter: so volunteers and players from joe decker's high school baseball team are pitching in to help. they helped move the family renting the decker's home out, and spent the weekend getting it ready for stephanie to move back in, from taking out carpet, to installing floors. the goal was to make things easier when she gets out of rehab. >> they've added an addition to the back of the house, i think it's a master bedroom, that will be wheelchair accessible. >> it's good to help out the family and help out getting everything ready. >> reporter: it's the least they say they can do for the family of the man they say has bee

but probably nothing as incredible as the story of stephanie decker. >> this is what's left of the decker'ses blew through henryville, indiana. but just before the devastation struck, stephanie decker didn't think twice. she immediately grabbed her 5 and 8-year-old boys, covering them with a blanket, shielding them from the debris. >> i was reaching around, holding them, and trying to keep everything away from them so it didn't hit them. >> reporter: but the wreckage did hit her, breaking seven ribs, almostsevering both of her legs. >> i had two steel beams on my legs, and i couldn't -- i couldn't move. i was stuck. >> reporter: but the worst wasn't over. a second twister headed righted for stephanie's family. pinned down by the steel beams, she covered her two children again. >> and they're screaming, mommy, i can't live without you, i don't want to die. please don't let me die. >> reporter: unable to remove the heavy debris on top of their badly injured mother, 8-year-old dominick went for help. stephanie survived, but both her legs are partially amputated. but stephanie's strength didn't

, i'm looking for stephanie decker.on her. i want to see her. okay, here's the situation. her one leg is gone. >> can you reattach it? if you can reattach it, please reattach it. i said i'll give anything to have my leg on. >> i was wondering how we were going to make it like this, how she was going to make it. she's an active person. she's obviously beautiful and i knew this would bother her. i mean, i was the one who said get the kids, go to the house. you know -- if they would have died -- >> i've learned that, you know, i can make it through that, i can make it through anything. and i'm going to make it through this. i'm going to walk again. nobody is going to tell me different. it will happen. >> decker under goes additional surgery on her legs tomorrow and is expected to walk again with artificial limbs. >>> coming up after your local news, full coverage of super tuesday results. we'll have that right here. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. appreciate you watching as always. i'm terrell brown. hav

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decker disappeared in january 2011. she was several months pregnant, and there is still no sign of her. harrington went missing after a metallica concert in charlottesville. her body was found in a field three years ago. dna linked herrington's murder to a sexual assault in fairfax. in that case, the victim was walking home from the same grocery store where the families passed out flyers today. >> we're here today, really, to help save the next girl. there's a predator in this area somewhere between charlottesville and fairfax who at the top of his game. and we want to make sure people know to look out for one another, so that he's not able to create such pain for another family. >> now, there is no evidence of any connection between herrington's case and decker's case. >>> a police chase through philadelphia ended with a violent crash. police say it started last night when a man pulled a gun on an officer and took off in a silver car. police chased him for miles. eventually, he plowed into two other cars at an intersec

stephanie decker was all smiles as she left the university of louisville hospital yesterday.of decker's legs had to be amputated after they were crushed by debris from her home as she shielded her children with her own body. even after weeks of surgery, decker remains incredibly positive. >> i must say i feel pretty awesome. i didn't expect to feel this way. i feel healthy. i feel strong. i'm ready to tackle rehab. i've always had a positive attitude. it comes from my upbringing with my family. i always had a strong support system. they always told me i can do anything. you know, i've always held that attitude. >> decker will now prepare for rehab and profit prosthetics th take the place of her legs. >> survivor. i have a feeling that's part of her personality from before this event and now going forward after it. >> from day one if you watched interviews after everything happened, she's kept the same demeanor. incredible. >> the only way to get through it. chugging forward and pushing ahead. >> it was hard to push ahead this morning. the fog was so dense. i think it took me

when her house wasn't enough to protect them, stephanie decker shielded her children with her own body. >> i love my chirp. goes beyond anything else in this world. >> reporter: even giving up her legs for them. as the tornado bore down, she acted, dashing with 8-year-old dominic and 5-year-old reese into the basement. the house being sucked away around her. protecting them with her body. >> i put both of them in there and i tied the comforter and my daughter -- mom, i don't like this. i said, i no, honey. from the windows i could see the wind. i could see it blowing. then the window blew out. >> reporter: with debris crashing around them and on her. >> they had to have me so i had to figure out what to do and my son is a hero. he went to go get help. because i knew i was cut but i didn't really know. and then when i opened up and looked at it, i realized that either i'm barely attached or it's completely severed. >> reporter: both her legs crushed. they were amputated late friday. but her children unscathed. all that's left of this house, the foundation. >> we built it, our dream hous

. >> my name se van decker. supervisor campos: can you speak into the mic please?on't know if that's working. >> my name's evan decker, i'm the pathways coordinator. i work with teachers and making sure that students having all the opportunities they need to coordinate with businesses and are given 24 century skills that we helped them to get. i wanted to thank you all for having us here i'll give you a brief overview of our program. our partnership with the advisory board with businesses and organizations. our main goal is to provide opportunities for students to success in post secondary options, whether that's the college, career, preapprenticeship program and the challenge in doing this is that the majority of the jobs that we're prepared these students for, have yet to be create. so we're doing that through making them aware of necknology . i'm going to skip the first slide you guys have in front of you. it's just nurms. didn't have the support. we are ensuring that our curriculum is u.c. a-g approved. it's current to what the industry needs. we do that throug

stephanie decker bunkered down in her basement of her three story home in indiana as it was ripped apart last week she wrapped her two young kids in a blanket and laid on top of them. >> the steel beams the brick, everything from the house was hitting me in the back i remember having a steel beam fall right on my leg and dominic at one point said mommy i need you to save me. >> decker had to protect her kids again when a second tornado headed right for them, remarkably the kids were not hurt but doctors were forced to amputate part of both of deckers legs. >> hundreds of residents across the midwest and south are facing a long road to recovery following that tornado outbreak thanks to groups like samaritan's purse some residents are receiving help they need to try to start getting back on their feet, samaritan's purse is responding sending staff and equipment to some of the hardest hit areas joining us live now via skype is todd taylor the program manager with samaritan's purse, new albany is 12 miles from henryville one of the hardest hit area, good morning todd. >> good morning. >> whe

stephanie decker lost a leg and a foot while shielding her son and daughter.stello is at the university of louisville medical center with more. tom, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. stephanie is lucky to be alive. she could have so easily bled to death as she was being rescued or waiting to be rescued from the are you able of hrubble of . the doctors say she's making tremendous progress. there may be no greater love than a mother's love for her children. >> i love you. >> i love you, too. >> reporter: stephanie decker insists she is no hero for losing part of a leg and a foot while protecting 8-year-old domenic and 5-year-old reese from friday's tornado. >> i just love my kids. and i still worry about how they will react after this now. >> reporter: stephanie and the kids were home alone when the tornado took aim at their house. huddling in the basement, stephanie wrapped a blanket around the kids, then laid on top of them while texting husband joe. >> first thing she said was the windows are shaking. right after that she said the whole ho

stephanie decker was hurt in the tornado that hit henryville, indian ya.as more surgery and will have to deal with prosthetic legs but the help that the family has gotten so far has been priceless, she says. >> the support has been tremendous. it has really taken a burden off all of us and helped us to just be a family. >> decker had just could have had her children with a blanked in the basement of their own when a steel beam fell and crushed her. >>> i'm dave felton in columbus, ohio as the georgetown hoyas prepare for their game.  >>> hello, everybody, i'm land say murphy. georgetown guard was tired of the one and con so he stepped up. it was the first win for the hoyas in the tournament so they will live to play another one. the hoyas closed the deal against belmont who was on an 18-game winning streak. the result, a 15-point victory. georgetown is on to the round of 32. they will face nc state tomorrow. >>> the number 1 seed in the east, syracuse, taking on kansas state. the vice president, joe biden checking out the game. take ano

stephanie decker is scheduled to have surgery tomorrow. she's expected to walk again using prosthetic legs and feet in about three months. as the storm approached, she tied a blanket around her 8-year-old and 5-year-old and used her body as a human shield as the twister sent debris crashing into her. a beam even landed on her. the three were in the basement of the family's dream home. neither of the children was hurt, not even a scratch. her husband was at work at the time. we'll hear from decker on the "today" show. >>> a group of fun for friends snowballing on a utah -- snowmobiling on a utah mountain turned dangerous. a sudden avalanche buried one and the rescue was caught on video. one of the snowmobilers climbed to a high point on the mountain. and the snow let loose. a chunk of snow 200 yrds crass came down, pushing a snowmobile and its rider down the slope, trapping him ten feet under. luckily his life-long friend had avalanche rescue experience and was there to lead the rescue. >> where's he at? where's he at? >> i couldn't hit him

this snow covered slap is where stephanie decker used to live. as the tornado approaches her home, she rushed her 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter down into the basement. she used her body to shield the children as the home collapsed around them. the kids weren't hurt but decker lost both her legs. >> i prayed to have the strength to survive. i wanted these kids to have a mom, and that i did not want them to grow up without me. >> how strong she is, and, you know, i knew before but people talk about all the time, the sacrifice of a mother. mothers will do anything for their kids, but she did. >> residents and cleanup crews tonight face another hurdle. there's concern about looters and scam artists now it trying to exploit the destruction. they had to set up checkpoints to prevent tornado tourists. people who weren't affected but want to look at all the devastation. jim and wendy. > >>> to stafford county where someone spray painted the church. the pastor discovered it when he arrived to prepare for sunday services. >> it's sad to know that

stephanie decker shielded her children as two tornadoes hit their henryville home. >> what a story iter injuries catastrophic. both her legs had to be amputate but she is alive to tell her story and so are her children. >> we have a closer look this morning. >> reporter: just behind this concrete slab lies the remains of the decker's home. the wood and brick no match for an ef-4 tornado. unthinkable anyone could shriver this. >> it started to rattle and shake more. >> this is where stephanie decker was with her kids, dominic and reese. she wrapped her kids in a blanket and laid on top of them. >> one window broke and i knew. i said to myself, my house is going down. mean it is going to -- this tornado is going to take us out. the pillars, the steel beams, the bricks, everything from the house was hitting me in the back. i remember having the steel beam fall right on my leg. no, ma'am dick at one point would say, mommy, i need you to save me. >> reporter: after the storm passed, stephanie tried to the move the beam off her leg. >> large amounts of blood started coming out. it was at th

and they were screaming. >> decker lost parts of both her legs from the debris.ther of her two children was hurt. once the tornado passed, the 8-year-old ran to a neighbor to get help for his mother. her husband was at work at the time of the storm. >>> 16 after the hour. no comment from d.c.'s mayor on the fbi raid of one of the city's most prominent and politically active contractors. the home and accounting offices of inland empire thompson were -- of jeff thompson were raided as part of a campaign fundraising investigation. he played a key role in early fundraising for gray's marlin campaign. some -- mayoral campaign. some say the raid is concerning. >> i do share your feeling that something is very wrong in the district. the influence pedaling, the money, you know, people working for the government, showering other people with money, it's just -- it's disgusting, and it has to stop. >> sources also tell news4 the fbi is looking into thousands of dollars in suspicious money orders given to vincent gray's campaign. >>> today opening arguments will begin in the

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, i'm looking for stephanie decker.tors are working on her. said i wa. to see her. they said, okay, here's the situation. her one leg is gone. >> can you reattach it? if you can reattach it please, reattach it. i'll give anything to have my leg on. >> i was wondering how we're going to make it, how she's going to make it. she's such an active person. she's obviously beautiful and i knew this would bother her. i mean i was the one who said, get the kids, go to the house. you know -- if they'd have died -- >> i've learned that, you know, i can make it through that. can make it through anything, and i'm going to make it through this and i'm going to walk again and nobody's going to tell me different. it will happen. >> nothing is more powerful than ordinary people regular people reacting to extraordinary circumstances and showing extraordinary bravery. >> the strength there is -- it almost defyies words. it's a wonderful story. nice to have some positive news coming out of all this. >>> the nfl is cracking down over its em

her two kids when the twister struck they took shelter in the basement of their three story home decker covered the children with her body, to shield them as the house was torn apart debris fell on her, she survived but she lost one leg above the knee the other above the ankle, the children though were not injured. >>> at least 40 people in 5 states have died following a number of tornadoes across the midwest and south. >>> survivors are now picking up the pieces and trying to move on. will thomas is here with more. >> good morning. just total devastation, right now thousands are still without power this morning many survivors in the hardest hit areas don't have homes or businesses to go back to work to. here is a closer look at the devastation and the tenacity. >> overwhelming, destruction, devastation, any word that you can think of, it is surreal. >> really sad it's someones home and just got destroyed. >> reporter: people living across the midwest and scott are trying to get back on thousand -- south are trying to get back on their feet. neighbors are helping neighbors. >> any way w

decker sacrificed her body protecting her kids. >> i was thinking, oh, my, the house is getting ready to go. we're not going to be able to survive this. and i was just trying to protect my kids and i grabbed them and i wasn't letting go. if they were going to fly i was going to fly with them. >> unfortunately she was pinned under some heavy debris. she had a large brick home. she lost both of her legs in the tornado, but she is vowing to regain her mobility. her two children escaped the storm without any major injuries. true sacrifice there. >>> 39 people now killed in syria again as government forces take aim at citizens now across that country. in an ambush attack the syrian military targeted a bridge near the lebanese border that was used by fleeing and wounded civilians. the deaths include 23 people in the opposition strong hold of homs. as many as 2,000 syrians have crossed into lebanon fleeing that country since sunday. >>> baltimore launches a new inspection program to make sure a water main break doesn't happen again. more on this high tech te. >> reporter: in 2009 a 72-inch w

this morning, stephanie decker is back with her family. >> hello. >> reporter: released friday afterl krous mother of two who lost her legs in that tornado that ripped through the midwest earlier the month is thanking the xhupt for all the support. >> it's really take an burden off all of us and helped us to just be a family. >> reporter: by her side, her husband, and the two children for whom she sacrificed so much. >> i love you. >> i love you, too. >> i was around my children. holding them tight. as the pillars, the steel beams, the bricks, everything from the house was hitting me in the pack. >> reporter: decker used her body as a shield to protect her kids as her home was sucked up into the tornado. the refrigerator, sinder blocks lapding on her legs, crushing them. >> i fought for my children. i'm so thankful they lived and didn't have a scratch on them. >> reporter: decker is working with a rehab center. she's hoping to one day walk again with the help of pros tet i ix. she's happy to be alive. >> i feel healthy, strong, really really good. >> she says she was brought up to al

. >> reporter: stephanie decker is in fair condition. she has seven broken ribs. she lost a leg at the knee, another at the ankle. she was at home with 8-year-old domenic and 5-year-old reese when the storm with 175 miles per hour winds started tearing the home to shreds. alone in their new home with a tornado fast approaching, stephanie decker knew the only chance she and the kids had of surviving was to wrap them in a blanket and lay on top of them. >> everything started hitting my back. beams, pillars, furniture. everything was just slamming into my back. i had my children in the blanket and i was on top of them. i was reaching around, holding them and they were screaming. mommy, i can't live without you. i don't want to die. don't let me die. i said, we're going to make it. >> reporter: when the storm cleared the home was gone, wiped from the foundation with stephanie and the kids buried in the rubble. >> i looked at my leg. i realized either it was cut off or it was barely attached. i took my phone, made a video to my husband. telling him i love him. >> repor

one indiana woman lost her legs saving her children from the tornado. 36-year-old stephanie decker was home alone with her two kids when it struck. they took setter in the basement of the three-story home. decker covered the children with her body to shield them as the house was torn apart around her and deprefell on top of her. she lost one leg above the knee and the other above the ankle. the children were not injured as she protected them. >>> former redskins defensive coordinator greg williams met with nfl security officials about the boundy program scandal. williams admits to running a program that paid players to knock out opponents with injuries while he was with the normens saints. former colts head coach tony dungy believes peyton manning was the vic ti. bounty system when williamss with withed redskins back for 2006. some have come poor ward and said the program was more of a friendly wager among the players. >>> new numbers from the demeanor of education offer a revealing picture of how race and discipline is involved in public schools. 18% of the students were african-ameri

among the survivors is stephanie decker. she's credited with saving her children, holding on to them while the storm tore through her house. despite being paralyzed by the storm, decker's spirits remain high. >> i'm blessed that i have my children today. if i have to live without legs, get prosthetics, that's okay, can i do that. >> the death toll from friday's storms now reached 40. insurance claims could top $2 billion. >> let's take a look at our weather here. it's a beautiful day. temperatures are a little cooler than normal for the second day in a row. >> this is only the fifth day that we have seen temperatures below average since the first of february. that is amazing, and don't get used to it, we're going to go right back above average during the day tomorrow. take a look outside today. bright blue skies, incredible how much sunshine we'll see. winds out of the south at 14 miles an hour. the wind will make it feel a little cooler, it's that southerly component to the wind we're finally in that will help things warm u

stephanie decker is scheduled to have surgery tomorrow.walk again using a prosthetic leg and foot in three months. as the storm approached, she died a blanket around her 8 -- she tied a blanket around her 8-year-old and 5-year-old children and used her body as a human shield. a beam even landed on her. the three were in the basement of the family's dream home. neither of the children were hurt. not even a scratch. her husband was at work at the time. we'll hear from decker coming up on the "today" show beginning at 7:00 right after "news4 today." >>> a day of fun for a group of friends snowmobiling on a utah mountain turned dangerous. a sudden avalanche quickly buried one of them, and the dramatic rescue was all caught on tape. look at this video. one of the snowmobilers climbed to a high point on the mountain, and the snow came barreling down. a huge chunk of snow 200 yards across came loose, pushing the? mobile and rider down the slope, trapping him ten feet under. take a look at this. his friends had avalanche rescue experience. and one

stephanie decker is the indiana mother who placed her body over her children to protect them during a tornado earlier this month. the children survived without a scratch. but she lost both of her legs. nbc's savannah guthrie has an exclusive look at the rehab efforts since leaving the hospital. >> reporter: stephanie decker is learning a new way to manage life's everyday tasks. >> how about that? >> that's ten. >> reporter: and bidding up her strength for her physical challenges. >> we can do this. >> reporter: she says her fierce determination comes from a great gift -- a second chance. >> i have another shot at life, and i don't want to blow that. you know? i want that. i'm going to make the best of it whether i have legs or not. you know that's not important to me. a lot of worse things could have happened that day and they didn't. i'm thankful for that. >> reporter: that storm reached 175-mile-per-hour winds and as it neared her home stephanie fled to the basement with her kids 8-year-old dominic and 5-year-old reese. she wrapped them in a blanket and laid on to knp of them. the s

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