not so for doris shuck, mother of two, who has no doubt she should be dead. >> oh, it's unreal. >> reporter: this is what's left of her house. >> it picked it up, turned it upside down and then dropped it. >> reporter: she crouched in the basement on her knees, hands protecting her head, eyes sl slammed shut. >> i was right here in this area. as you can see, the blocks have just fallen all the way around where i was. i do know when it was over, i had to pull myself out. i think i might have been -- >> reporter: these are heavy. >> they are. >> reporter: i can't even imagine. >> i said, i have to get out of here. there's probably going to be a gas leak. i could see it was total devastation of the whole town. >> reporter: she was whisked to the hospital. an hour later, her husband richard, frantic, made it home, screaming her name. >> i mean, i told the people i was with, i don't know how i'm going to tell them their mom's gone. i thought, there's no way nobody could live through that. >> reporter: but they did. and lived to hug again. >> i love you, mom. >> me too, baby girl. >> reporter: fo