wayne hunter was dead. his wife leanora was still alive. >> he covered her up and protected her with a wood door. >> reporter: hunter was a former volunteer firefighter and retired emergency room nurse. those who knew him say he believed that laughter was the best medicine. >> he would put a smile on your face right now with all the demolition going on here. >> what do you think he would make of this? >> he'd be taking pictures and posting them on facebook. >> and 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 isn't. one person dies, one doesn't. i don't think 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. and the family is being so strong. you know, the son that you were introduced to said he work

he's 64-year-old wayne hunter. this is the hill top home wayne and lanora built to raise their family more than 40 years ago. this is how it looks now, flattened, blown to bits by a tornado. those front steps once led to their front door. now they lead to heartache. >> it's all right. >> reporter: how would you like your dad to be remembered? >> he loved nature, he loved people. he was a really good guy. he loved this community. >> reporter: they couldn't resist shooting some video of the twister heading their way, then ran for cover inside. >> they were in the safest spot in the house, the very middle of the house. there was no windows. they shut the doors and covered up with a blanket. >> reporter: but not safe this time. they were found about 30 feet apart. wayne hunter was dead. his beloved wife still alive. >> they went into a back room and just held onto each other, covered each other up and knowing them, they said a few prayers. >> hunter was a volunteer firefighter and recently retired emergency room nurse.

wayne 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 m

wayne 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

his name is wayne hunter, the only fatality in this area. quite a man and quite a story. we'll be bringing that to you later tonight. >> we look forward to that, susan candiotti. that will happen at 7:00 eastern here. we are glad everyone else is okay. unbelievable there weren't more deaths and injuries. 17 of the storm deaths were in kentucky where the governor declared a state-wide emergency. national guard has been called in. some residents of west liberty, kentucky, looked for a higher power for help during this storm. >> take this away us from. i said, lord, lord, take it away from us, lord. take it, lord. take it, lord. take it away us from. by god in your powers, take this away from our home as did you for elijah, take this away from us. take it away from my home. >> that's what happens. you're praying, hanging on for dear life. this woman's prayers were answered. her home was spared, but much of the town wasn't quite as lucky. west liberty now. do search teams believe they found everyone missing? >> reporter: they hope so, don. they searched every building in this

>> stopping in talking to people, a man named wayne hunter, i guess it is, was lost here. unbelievably here in henryville, just one town. he was really outside of town, but he was apparently a much loved figure here. i talked to some folks who lost their pizza business. but you know what their first question was? we've got some frozen food. we'd like to donate it. where can we help someone else? that's the kind of people we have in this state. >> reporter: very generous spirit. do you know anything about the little baby, the 21-month-old who was found in the field and taken to a hospital in nearby louisville? >> no, not yet. >> reporter: governor, what's it going to take to pull things together. when you saw henryville high school with school buses tossed around like toys -- in fact, if you look right over your shoulder here, this bus started off other there. >> i know. i know. what you're going to find out is we're pretty resilient people in this state. people have come in from everywhere and from our neighboring state of kentucky to help each other. you watch how quick w

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 services, of all things. we're going to hear from the family who tracked down those websites. >>> later new violence, kofi annan, doing the best to find a peaceful solution to make it easier for humanitarian aid to reach the people who so desperately need it. >>> digging deeper tonight for the parents of one fallen american soldier. a story that adds outrage and insult to the terrible pain of losing their son killed in iraq. there son dead for years when they found out a picture of him in uniform was being used to advertise dating websites under the headline "military man searching for love." warren savage tracked down the websites to figure out how this could have happened. >> reporter: last year when he appeared on a website advertising for women, his fiancee and

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