. >> reporter: amazingly, lenora hunter badly bruised survived. she lost her beloved husband of 41 years and virtually everything she owns but has her family keeping her strong, and she has the videos of bittersweet memento. >> i have never seen one. i finally get to see one. maybe the last one i see. >> that's true. >> reporter: when you think back and you remember saying, i hope it's not the last. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: it turns out -- >> it was. it was for wayne. so it was for him. and he never liked them anyway. >> reporter: she will rebuild right here where the couple retired. and where she says she has to be. >> this is going to be my home. >> reporter: this is where you and wayne wanted to be? >> right. this is our home. and it will be my home forever. >> reporter: lenora hunter, rebuilding a home and a life after so much loss. susan candiotti, henryville, indiana. >> so sad. >>> coming up, a soldier from texas killed in iraq. his family says he has been dead for years, and suddenly his picture has started popping up in ads for online dati

. >> amazingly lenora hunter survived.t has her family keeping her strong. and he has the videos, a bittersweet memento. >> when you think back and you remember saying, i hope it not the last, it turns out -- it was. >> it was for wayne. so it was for him. and he never liked them anyway. >> reporter: she will rebuild right here where the couple retired and where she says she has to be. >> this is going to be my home. >> reporter: this is where you and wayne wanted to be? >> right. this is our home. and it will be my home forever. >> reporter: lenora hunter, rebuilding a home and her life after so much loss.

. >> reporter: amazingly, lenora hunter badly bruised survived. lost her beloved husband of 41 years and virtually everything she owns but has her family keeping her strong, and she has the videos of bittersweet memento. >> i have never seen one. i finally get to see one. maybe the last one i see. >> that's true. >> reporter: when you think back and you remember saying, i hope it's not the last. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: it turns out -- >> it was. it was for wayne. so it was for him. and he never liked them anyway. >> reporter: she will rebuild right here where the couple retired. and where she says she has to be. >> this is going to be my home. >> reporter: this is where you and wayne wanted to be? >> right. this is our home. and it will be my home forever. >> reporter: lenora hunter, rebuilding a home and a life after so much loss. susan candiotti, henryville, indiana. >> so sad. >>> coming up, a soldier from texas killed in iraq. his family says he has been dead for years, and suddenly his picture has started popping up in ads for online dating s

. >> reporter: lenora hunter, rebuilding a home and her life after so much loss. susan candiotti, cnn, henryville, indiana. >> the situation room with wolf blitzer starts now. >>> republican rivals trading insultings on this the eve, romney calls santorum an economic light weight, romney calls santorum a light weight finance year. and anna says he was held captive for months by militants. and apple -- should it be employing americans to make those devices at home instead of paying cheap wages in china? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> we're only a day away from a crucial primary that could determine where this republican marathon is headed. fresh off a run away win in puerto rico, mitt romney is now looking to score big in illinois. rick santorum needs a strong showing as he tries to deny romney the nomination. the two rivals have long since taken off the gloves, but now they have put on some brass knuckles as well. our national correspondent jim accosta is in chicago with the very latest. >> the top two gop contenders are practicing their own

hunter was dead. his beloved wife lenora still alive. >> they went into a back room and just held onto each oh covered each other up. knowing them, they said a few prayers. >> reporter: hunter was a former volunteer firefighter and recently retired emergency room nurse. those who knew him say he really believed laughter was the best medicine. >> he'd be able to put a smile on everybody's face right now with all the demolition going on here. >> reporter: what do you think he'd make of all this? >> he'd be taking pictures and posted them on facebook. >> and making a lot of jokes. >> 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 and one house isn't, one person dice a dies and one doesn't. i don't know 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 f

hunter was dead. his beloved wife, lenora still alive. >> they went into a back room and just held on to each other, covered each other up and knowing them, they said a few prayers. >> hunter was a former 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 going on here. >> what do you think he would make of all this? >> he would be taking pictures and posting them on facebook. >> and making a lot of jokes. snoo making a lot of jokes. >> now the hard part. trying to save pieces of their hoenl, of their life, and trying to understand why. >> the whole randomness of a tornado is amazing. they hit. within house is destroyed. one house isn't. one person dies. one person doesn't. i don't think you can understand that. >> 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 and credit neighbors for