. >> this is gabriel ryan wheeler. he's my son. we just got reunited.directly in the tornado. his teacher was right next to him. >> reporter: andrew wheeler credits a briarwood teacher with keeping his son safe. >> the teacher held their heads and bricks were falling on the kids. she got her arm injured. one of the other boys on her other side got a big gash on his head but he's okay. he was the last one to be reunited. so we got him. gabriel wheater is safe. >> reporter: abc news contributing correspondent mike boettcher, who lives in oklahoma, was at the scene nearby briarwood elementary. >> the good news now is that students in the school and adults associated with the school tell us that no children died. that tornado passed right over that school. we were less than a mile from it when it hit the school. and you can see the explosion and the debris once it hit that large stone structure. >> reporter: outside briarwood elementary school i ran across this woman still trying to find her niece. >> i'm glad that everybody's okay. looking at that it's har

. >> this is gabriel and ryan wheeler. he's my son.minutes ago you didn't know where he was? >> did not know where he was. i just rushed home, we just got reunited, but he's okay. he was directly in the tornado. his teacher was right next to him. miss simon had the kids in one hallway, and she said that it sounded like a train coming. so she said that they had to move, so they went into an interior closet. there was only six kids. they got down. they were telling stories and apparently they got into position, and the teacher held their heads, and bricks and everything were falling all over the kids. she got her arm injured. one of the boys got a big gash in his head but he's okay. and he was the last one to be reunited with a family member, so we've got him. she said he was helping people, pulling stuff off of kids. we're just glad that he's safe. i was on the highway, we were getting slammed with hail and rain again. and all i was thinking about was my son. all the reports were saying that briarwood was going. so that's all -- it didn

. >> this is gabrielle, ryan wheeler, this is my son. we just got reunited. so, he's okay. in the tornado. so, his teacher was right next to him. >> reporter: andrew wheeler also credits the briarwood teacher with keeping his son safe. outside briarwood elementary school, i ran across sade, still trying to find her niece. >> somebody told me they saw her. i'm glad everybody's okay. >> reporter: still such a raw situation. you can see behind me we have search and rescue dogs, plenty of firefighters and complete and utter devastation. helping with the search and rescue, 80 national guard members deployed by oklahoma governor mary fallin. >> it's like a battle zone. nothing standing, no trees, no houses, no landmarks. you don't even know where you are, where you're standing over there. >> reporter: ginger zee, abc news, moore, oklahoma. >> top officials in oklahoma are asking for the nation's prayers this morning. >>> the state's lieutenant governor spoke to abc news a short while ago. >> we never give up hope of finding -- still finding those that may be alive, buried in the