four nurses from moore medical center congratulate shayla taylor on her newborn son, six people witha bond that will last for the rest of their lives. as the tornado approached town, she was in labor on the second floor of the medical center. she was dilated, going through contractions and -- >> she couldn't move. she'd had an epidural that meant she was numbed she couldn't walk. >> the staff moved her to the hallway and more solid windowless operating room. the power was knocked out. it was too dangerous to move her anywhere else. >> her baby was not doing the best. so i really needed to wait to monitor the baby to see how the baby was tolerating the labor process especially since she was so far dilated. so the only place to do that would be the o.r. >> but within minutes the hospital was hit with massive force. now what are you thinking? >> once i felt the floor start shaking, it felt like an earthquake. and i knew we were getting hit directly. >> did you think at that moment that you and braden could survive this? >> i didn't know if we would. i was just praying that we would. >>

. >> reporter: shayla taylor embraced her son. >> that's the wall off. furs thing, of course, was asked if all the nurses were still there and if they were okay. >> reporter: this morning, she is reunited with nurses who moved her to another hospital when theirs took a direct hit. >> my nurse gave me a shot to slow down the contractions. to kind of keep me from going into transition. and actually having a baby in the midst of a tornado. >> reporter: she later delivered 8 pounds 3 ounce braden emmanuel. the talk of the town. >> love the name. god is with us because god definitely was with us. >> rorter: perfect sangers are with the community too coming from near and far, some toting brooms and rakes other carrying trace of steam pulled pork. all in the spirit of loving thy neighbor. >> this is oklahoma. that's the way it is here. we all rally together when there's a need. >> you're able to mobilize a team quickly how does that happen? >> being barbecue cooks doing competitions we learn how to cook mobile. >> reporter: operation mobile started up two years

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but jerome taylor and the nurses were able to get shayla on a flat board and down the stairs and out.urs, braydon emmanuel taylor was born at a healthy 8 pounds 3 ounces. what do you think of the nurses and what they did? >> those nurses are amazing. you know, they -- they're definitely doing the job they were called to do. you know, to put my life before theirs. i know that's what you're supposed to do. you know, as a nurse. i went to nursing school so i know that's what you're supposed to do. but to be more concerned about me than them, i know that's -- that they're definitely doing the job that they're called to do. >> for this tiny troublemaker -- >> he'll probably sleep through anything now. >> and a final piece of symmetry here. shayla taylor just finished nursing school. she says she's always wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse. and this experience just reinforces that. she wants to go through a lot of this again, although not under those circumstances. >> did the nurses have second thoughts about keeping her there? >> they did. the two nurses we spoke to said they came to

. >> reporter: shayla taylor embraced her newborn son again, a treasured moment after going into labor during an ef-5 tornado. >> it just took the wall off. and the first thing i did, of course, was ask if all the nurses were still there and if they were okay. >> reporter: this morning, she reunited with nurses who moved her to another hospital when theirs took a direct hit. >> my nurse gave me a shot to slow down the contractions, you know, to kind of keep me from going into transition. and actually having a baby in the midst of a tornado. >> reporter: she later delivered 8 pounds 3 ounce braden emanuel, now the talk of the town. >> he's a miracle, and i love the name that she has for him, emanuel, god is with us, because god definitely was with us. >> reporter: perfect strangers are with the community, too, coming from near and far, some toting brooms and rakes, others carrying trays of steam pulled pork, all in the spirit, they say, of simply loving thy neighbor. >> it's oklahoma. it's just kind of the way it is here. we all rally together when there's a need. >> reporter: and you'r

. >> reporter: shayla taylor was in labor on the second floor of the moore medical center.worried about a tornado until the nurses charged in. what did you think at that point? >> i mean, kind of just like "oh, crap." so i pull out my phone and i pull up the weather on my phone and i was like, you know, it says they're -- it's coming down fourth street and moore which is the street that the hospital's on. >> reporter: her husband jerome and their four-year-old son shaiden were sent down stairs. nurses rushed taylor to a place without windows-- the operating room. >> they went into took the towels out of the warmer and stacked them up on top of me and they hunkered down around my bed and, you know, we were -- i just -- i found the nearest hand to me and i grabbed it and we were all just in there praying and i turned my head sideways and closed my eyes. >> pelley>> reporter: what is tt thing you saw when you opened your eyes and looked up? >> i-35 and the warren theater. >> reporter: you saw the interstate? >> yeah, there was no wall there anymore. >> reporter: this is what s

as the tornado approached town, shayla taylor was on the second floor of the medical center. >> as the tornado bore down, the staff moved her to the hall way and then to the solid, windowless operating room. >> her baby was not doing the best. i really needed a way to monitor her baby, es special sli since she was so far dielated. >> now what are you thinking? >> once i felt the floor start shaking, it felt like an earthquake. i knew we were getting hit directly. >> did you think you could survive this? >> i didn't know if we would. i was just praying that we would. >> these pictures from where they were hunkered down. the tornado still raging. the nurses draped blankets and their bodies over her and hung on. we were actually on the floor. we had blankets and pillows all around her. >> it worked. the tornado passed without any of them being hurt. shayla's husband, jerome, who had taken cover, hadn't been allowed to go to his wife and says he didn't know how to get to her. >> everybody was out of the building. and i said no, my wife, my wife is upstairs. >> and there was still danger. e

as the tornado approached town, shayla taylor was in labor on the second floor of the medical cent center -- >> she couldn't move. she had an epidural when meant it it numbed her enough that she couldn't walk. >> reporter: the staff moved her to hallway and then the windowless operating room. the power was knocked out. it was too dangerous to move her anywhere else. >> her baby was not doing the best so i really needed to monitor baby to see how the baby was tolerating the labor process. so the only place to do that would be the o.r. >> reporter: but within minute, the hospital was hit with massive force. >> now what are you thinking? >> once i felt the floor start shaking, it feels like an earthquake. i knew they were getting hit directly. >> did you think at that moment you could survive this? >> i didn't know if we would. i was just praying that we would. >> reporter: the walls were rip ed off the operating room. shayla's husband and the nurses shared these pictures from where they were hunkered down, a gaping hole to the outside. the tornado still raging. >> i opened any eyes and i co