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Picking Up Pieces in Tennessee
Aired November 12, 2002 - 06:05 ET
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CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Let's turn now to Mossy Grove, Tennessee, another community tossed about, trying to pick up the pieces this morning.
Gary Tuchman is there.
Good morning -- Gary. I know we've been hearing some 17 people were killed there in that state, and a number of people still missing.
GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's right, Catherine. And a chilly rain is falling this morning. It's a subtle reminder of the horrible weather that hit here two nights ago causing so much suffering.
Seven people were killed in this county alone, Morgan County, Tennessee. In addition, 24 people were hurt, 4 of them critically; 28 houses, including this one behind me, completely destroyed, another 66 homes damaged. And you can see, they still have a lot of work to do with this cleanup.
The stories are just horrible. Four people were killed just near where we're standing, two of the people in a house just behind this one -- a man and a woman, who were seeking refuge in a house, and were killed. And then a grandfather and a granddaughter were killed in their car, as they tried to outrun the tornado.
There were certainly a lot of lucky people. There is a nearby church just across the street from us. About 50 people were inside the church for Sunday night services when the tornado came through, and the people who were inside tell us they prayed and hid under the pews.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
KEVIN DAVISON, STORM SURVIVOR: When we get to church, it started thundering and lightening. And about somewhere around 8:00, 8:15, it started -- the church started rumbling, and we started praising God and the lights went out. And we got down and we started praying. I mean, we were just praying like we had never prayed before, and God kept his hand upon us, and nobody had a scratch on them. Everybody was just perfectly safe.
TUCHMAN (on camera): How scary was it?
DAVISON: It was pretty scary for mainly all of us, because we just -- it was just really scary.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
TUCHMAN: That is an understatement. This is only the third time since 1950 this mountain community, Morgan County, has been struck by a tornado. They're really not used to this type of thing here.
Catherine -- back to you.
CALLAWAY: I don't think you could ever get used to it, Gary. All right, Gary Tuchman in Tennessee -- thanks, Gary.
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Aired November 12, 2002 - 06:05 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Let's turn now to Mossy Grove, Tennessee, another community tossed about, trying to pick up the pieces this morning.
Gary Tuchman is there.
Good morning -- Gary. I know we've been hearing some 17 people were killed there in that state, and a number of people still missing.
GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's right, Catherine. And a chilly rain is falling this morning. It's a subtle reminder of the horrible weather that hit here two nights ago causing so much suffering.
Seven people were killed in this county alone, Morgan County, Tennessee. In addition, 24 people were hurt, 4 of them critically; 28 houses, including this one behind me, completely destroyed, another 66 homes damaged. And you can see, they still have a lot of work to do with this cleanup.
The stories are just horrible. Four people were killed just near where we're standing, two of the people in a house just behind this one -- a man and a woman, who were seeking refuge in a house, and were killed. And then a grandfather and a granddaughter were killed in their car, as they tried to outrun the tornado.
There were certainly a lot of lucky people. There is a nearby church just across the street from us. About 50 people were inside the church for Sunday night services when the tornado came through, and the people who were inside tell us they prayed and hid under the pews.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
KEVIN DAVISON, STORM SURVIVOR: When we get to church, it started thundering and lightening. And about somewhere around 8:00, 8:15, it started -- the church started rumbling, and we started praising God and the lights went out. And we got down and we started praying. I mean, we were just praying like we had never prayed before, and God kept his hand upon us, and nobody had a scratch on them. Everybody was just perfectly safe.
TUCHMAN (on camera): How scary was it?
DAVISON: It was pretty scary for mainly all of us, because we just -- it was just really scary.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
TUCHMAN: That is an understatement. This is only the third time since 1950 this mountain community, Morgan County, has been struck by a tornado. They're really not used to this type of thing here.
Catherine -- back to you.
CALLAWAY: I don't think you could ever get used to it, Gary. All right, Gary Tuchman in Tennessee -- thanks, Gary.
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