, 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

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

drew douglas of our affiliate wlky has stephanie decker's story. >> reporter: here's all that remainspped through henryville. just before the devastation struck, stephanie decker put herself on the line for her kids. she grabbed a large comforter and wrapped her inside and rested herself on top of them to shield them from all of the debris. >> i was reaching around, holding them, and trying to keep everything away from them, so it didn't hit them. >> reporter: the wreckage that piled on stephanie broke seven of her ribs and almost completely severed both of her legs. >> i had two steel beams on my legs. and i couldn't -- i couldn't move. i was stuck. >> reporter: decker told her 8-year-old son, dominick, to make sure the coast was clear before 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 without you, i don't want to die. please don't let me die. >> reporter: despite being pinned down by the steel beams, decker covered her two children a second time in the comforter. after two tornadoes, ju

you've seen the stories of devastation but nothing as incredible as the story of stephanie decker. jamie cost tell low joins us with the story. >> stephanie lost both of her legs from protecting her children from not one but two tornadoes. 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 som

. >> 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

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

stephanie decker of henryville, indiana, rushed home with her two children before the tornado hit on afternoon. as you can see here, the house was no match for the storm. stephanie was inside the home lying on top of her children. while she lost parts of both of her legs everyone managed to make it out alive. >> i kind of looked outside to see, and i -- it was funny, i had a h izinky feeling that thi was going to be a strong storm. >> i kept going back to the radar and looking at it at my desk, and i sent her a text message and i'm like it's heading straight at you. she sent me a text message back. that's when she said the whole house is shaking. >> everybody was screaming and crying. i was thinking, oh, my, the house is getting ready to go. we're not going to be able to survive this. i was just trying to protect my kids and i grabbed them and i was. letting go. if they were going to fly, i was going to fly with them. it happened so quickly, the tornado. but the rest of it seemed like it felt like an eternity. >> there's not one place you can look and go if they were sitting right th

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

stephanie and joe decker are with us exclusively along with 8-year-old domenic and 5-year-old reese. . >> good morning. >> stephanie, i have so much i want to ask you. how are you doing? >> well, first i want to tell you that i appreciate all of your support and your help during this time. you have been gracious, matt. your phone calls and all your staff have been wonderful in helping us get this story out. so first i want to tell you thank you. >> my pleasure. >> i'm feeling much better. it's been a rough road. i have up days and down days. today i'm a little tired, but other than that, i think we're doing pretty good. >> stephanie, i have three kids. once in a while you go through the scenario, what would happen if something were to happen? we don't live in a tornado area. would i know what to do in the event of a real sudden emergency. had you gone through scenarios like this in your mind? >> the extent of our scenarios are typical get in the basement and wait for the storm to ride -- you know, ride it out. never in my life have i gone through a scenario of a tornado taking my enti

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

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henryville was among the hardest hit and that included the home of stephanie decker. she was inside with her two children trying to ride out the storm. they all survived, but stephanie lost parts of both legs protecting them. >> i was thinking, oh my. the house is getting ready to go and we're not going to be able to survive this. 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. >> stephanie has vowed she will walk again. her two children escaped the storm without any major injuries. >>> new fall out in the sex scandal involving leipold. a non-confidence vote from the fop. >> reporter: he faces another no-confidence vote. this time from rank and file police officers. the prosecutor claims he used his security detail for demeaning personal tasks. >> the state prosecutor saw it as an opportunity to fire a shot across the bow of other politicians who might be tempted to misuse state employees in similar ways. >> reporter: legal analyst andrew levey believes it's the same office who b

look at what is left of stephanie decker's home. after tornadoes blew through henryville, indiana. before the twisters hit she immediately moved to protect her 5 and 8-year-old boys, covering them with a blanket to shield them from the debris. the wreckage hit her breaking seven ribs and -- actually pinned her under steel beams. but the worst wasn't over. a second twister was headed towards stephanie stanley. she covered her two children -- stephanie's family. she covered her two children once again. >> they are screaming, mama, i don't want to die. don't let me die. >> unable to remove the heavy debris the badly injured mother went on to help her children. stephanie survived in the hospital bed but both her legs had to be amputated. >>> time for a check of the forecast. lynette, the stories are heartbreaking but so many people will talk about, after going through a storm like that, having what they need, family and health. >> exactly. a good point to make. the bad thing about it, you have the tornado an then day after day you're still talking about the clean-up and what you've los

stephanie decker -- incredible story of survival today. she explains how she used a blanket and her body to shield her two young children in the family's basement. >> went like i had never seen before, and then the glass broke -- wind like had never seen before. as soon as the glass broke, the house started shifting. he was caught -- crying and screaming. i took a blanket and pulled it over my children and tied it in knot. everything started hitting my back. beams, pillars, furniture, everything was just hitting 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 don't want to die. please don't let me die. i said you are not going to die, we are going to make it. >> imagine that courage that mother had. her husband was at work at the time. doctors were unable to save her legs. she lost one leg above the knee and the other above the ankle, but she is grateful to be alive. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> tempe

, 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

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

>> reporter: huddled in the basement with a massive tornado bearing down on their new home, stephanie decker had just seconds to protect 8-year-old domenic and 5-year-old reese, so she wrapped them in a blanket and laid on top of them just as the house started coming apart. >> everything was just slamming into my back. i had my children in the blanket and they were screaming. mommy, i can't live without you, i don't want to die, please don't let me die. i said, you're not going to die, we're going to make it. >> reporter: when the storm cleared the home had been wiped from its foundation. stephanie and the kids were buried. >> i took my phone and made a video to my husband -- telling him i love him. >> reporter: it was domenic who climbed out and ran for help. a neighbor, sheriff's deputy brian lovens came running with friends to find stephanie with a severed leg and bleeding heavily. >> she's like, i'm dying. i ain't going to let you die. >> reporter: using a belt as a tourniquet they got her out and into an suv for a mad dash to an ambulance. stephanie's husband joe only knew his wife had

stephanie decker picked up her children from school early in henryville, indiana. all three went into the basement before the tornado and waited out the storm. from her hospital bed, she talked about what happened once the tornado hit. >> as soon as the glass broke, the house started shifting. he was crying, and he was screaming. he's 8. so -- and reece is 5. i took a blanket, and i -- i pulled it over my children, and i tied it in a knot. i tied it so they were in this blanket tied in a knot. and everything started hitting my back, beams, pillars, furniture. everything was just slamming into my back. but i had my children in the blanket, and i was on top of them. and i was reaching around holding them. they were screaming, mommy, i can't live without you. i don't want to die. >> even a storm isn't stronger than a mother's love. stephanie lost parts of both of her legs in the storm. neither of her two kids was hurt. once the tornado passed, the 8-year-old ran to a neighbor to get help for his mom. her husband was at work at the time. >>> president obama will speak

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 rushed her kids to the basement of their indiana home when she heard the tornado approaching and used her body to shield her kids. her legs were crushed by debris as her house fell around her. part of her legs were amputated. she spent weeks in the hospital and rehab. >> i always had a positive look on life. things are not that bad and if they are, there's always tomorrow. that's what i've been given. i've been given a tomorrow. >> and her kids were not injured in that tornado. >>> if you're around fairfax county, you might see some partially pink deer roaming around. the pink coloring is coming from devices such as this one, designed to attract deer and coat them in a pesticide that kills ticks. they are hoping this help reduces the number of lyme disease cases. there are 20 stations like that set up, the project is scheduled to last until about 2015. >>> oh, can you feel it? excitement is building tonight. tomorrow's mammoth megamillions drawing. the jackpot is now $363 million. thanks to strong ticket sales in virginia. and across the country, as well over the weekend. it

. >> reporter: before she saw this monster chewing up henryville, indiana, stephanie decker heard it.> i knew it was coming. i knew that just staying in your home, wasn't going to work. >> reporter: grabbing her 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter, she dove into the basement. combining grit with good sense, she grabbed a comforter, wrapping them up and covering them with her body. >> my daughter's like, i don't like this. i know, honey. i could see the wind. i could see it blowing. and the window blew out. and the house started to move. >> reporter: moments later, the 8,000-square-foot home imploded in a cascade of debris, crushing stephanie's legs. >> i knew if i didn't get help soon, i was not going to make it. i was going to bleed out. >> reporter: but her children, unscathed. and it was for them that stephanie forced herself to stay conscious. >> they needed me. 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. >> to look at it, you wouldn't think anybody could survive. >> reporter: today, in the rubble of her house, her in-l

. >> stephanie decker had only seconds to thing. it was enough time for maternal instincts to take over. >> i tied the comforter. my daughter was like, i do not like this. >> the torment of a tornado rain down. >> they were screaming, i cannot live without you. i do not want to die. >> stephanie survive, but both of her legs were partially amputated. her family is intact. jason miller try to shelter a family of five in his mobile home. >> i said, laid out flat. that is the only thing that remember saying. i started praying. >> the storm swept away the entire family. survivors and other states scoured debris with a common cause and had similar success. >> i just kept digging and digging until we got to where it was that. >> this has been in alabama. >> we found her wedding band and everything important to her we found. every bit of it. >> by the way, the two children who were saved by their mom survive the storm without even a scratch. >> probably so many more stories like that one. much more ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00. how safe is

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

as the tornado was carrying everything away, stephanie decker refused to let it take her children. she saved her little boy and girl from flying debris that left her crippled. >> i had to make steel beams on my legs. >> fighting through the pain, she grabbed a cell phone. >> i called my husband and told him i loved him. i was starting to get woozy. i knew was going to die if i did not get help. >> she did get help, and doctors were able to save her life, but not her legs. >> i am blessed that i have my children today. >> most agree there is not much that stephanie cannot do. like so many here, she is a survivor. >> learn how you can help the victims and see what the storms left behind on wbaltv.com and on our freeze march on tap -- on our free smart phone app. >> cold temperatures this morning and some subzero temperatures in far northern new england. 17 below zero in the adirondacks and one degree below zero in caribou. has been a chilly afternoon. current tipsters holding in the 40's. just off to the west on this map -- current temperatures holding in the 40's. 70's in kentucky,

morning an indiana woman who risked her life to save her children from a tornado, 36-year-old stephanie decker was home alone with 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

friday when henryville indiana was destroyed by the tornados that plowed through the midwest, stephanie decker was in her home with her two children when that tornado tore through. 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 sin

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

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

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

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stephanie decker picked up her two kids from school early in henryville, indiana. three of them went into the basement before the tornado hit. the tornado ripped through their home and sent debris to the basement. from her hospital bed, decker says she tied a blanket around her kids. >> i pulled it over my children, and i tied it in a knot. i tied it so they were in this blanket tied in a knot. and everything started hitting my back, beams, pillars, furniture, everything was just slamming into my back. but i had my children in the blanket, and i was on top of them. and i was reaching around holding them. and they were screaming. >> decker lost parts of both her legs from the debris. neither 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 t

stephanie decker used her own body to shield her two children as their home literally crumbled aroundh her legs but saved her family. >> i looked down and looked at my leg and realized either it was cut off or it was barely attached. i took my phone and made a video to my husband telling him i love him and my children that i love them in case anything what happened. >> but stephanie's 8-year-old climbed out of the rubble to get help, saving his mom's life and the two children she was protecting did not have a scratch on them. >>> iran now says it will allow u.n. inspectors into a secret military complex where the iaea believes nuclear work is being carried out. iran calls it a gesture of goodwill but there are guidelines to be worked out before the inspection can happen. >>> after a meeting with president obama, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting with congressional leaders. netanyahu had tough talk for iran during his speech at last night's apec conference. >>> this room has patiently waited for the international community to resolve this issue. we've waited for dipl

stephanie decker picked up her two kids from school early in henr henrysville, indiana. the tornado ripped through their home and sent debris into the basement. >> and as soon as the glass broke, the house started shifting. he was crying and is screaming. he's 8. so -- she's 5. i took a blanket and i -- pulled it over my children and i tied it in a knot. i tide it so they were in this blanket tied in a knot. and 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. and -- i was reaching around holding them. they were screaming -- mommy, i can't live without you. i don't want to die. >> neither of her would children were hurt. not even a scratch on either one of them. 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. >>> we are going on check in with tom kierein now for the latest on our forecast. tom? >> here we have a beautiful blue sky, live view from the sky watcher camera.