Oklahoma Tornado: Heartbreaking Accounts as 7 Elementary Students among Dead
Nothing will ever prepare people for the aftermath of a tornado, more than ever, if it is the lives of the children it took
Seven bodies of children were found after volunteers dig at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, CNN reports.
The elementary school suffered major beatings by the tornado that struck Oklahoma on Monday afternoon.
Volunteers were speechless as they grope for words to explain the heartbreaking scenes they dug up at the elementary school.
Yes, there were heroes hailed after the incident, but more than anything else, there were heartbreaking tears shed for the lives of those children who died and of their families they left.
A Waiting Father
A father sadly sat on a stool as he cries uncontrollably, waiting for news about his third-grader son who is studying at Plaza Towers Elementary School. His son's body was not yet recovered. He hangs to the hope that his son might survive the rubbles. A firefighter tries to appease the grieving father.
The father does not know what to make of the sight of the school now just pile of debris as Oklahoma City Police Department spokesman Kevin Parton confirms that there were already seven bodies recovered. Is his son one of them? Or is he alive and had survived?
The father plans to stay and wait, whether for the body of his son or when miracle permits, for his son whom he wishes alive.
Teachers and Students Survivors
Students who have survived share their harrowing experience with CNN affiliate KFOR. They say that they hugged each other while they clung to the walls as the tornado mercilessly struck the school.
One teacher shares that for her students not to be hurt she lay on top of them in the bathroom floor. They made it all alive amidst the total wreckage endure by the bathroom walls.
More survivors have made it to the safe site as officials continue to dig for survivors amidst the rubbles.
In an interview with CNN, Norma Bautista said he braved the storm as she run to the school to keep her child, nieces and nephew safe from the tornado. "I am speechless as how this happened, why it happened. How do we explain it to the kids?"
Julio, Bautista's son, said that their teachers instruct them to bend down and cover their heads.
Real Life Drama
Lando Hite, a staff at Orr family farm, was still shirtless and muddy as he speaks with CNN affiliate KFOR. "It was just like the movie Twister. There were horses and stuff flying around everywhere. I tried to let some of the horses out of their stalls so that they would have a chance."
A couple from Moore tried to see the silver lining. Yes, their home has tragically disappeared, but they were both alive. As the tornado struck their house, he was only able to keep few belongings he could fit in a laundry basket.
The 72-year-old husband said, "The Lord took care of us. My security is not in my hands. It is in the Lord's. I still can't believe this is happening. You work 20 years, and then it's gone in 15 minutes."
Another couple chooses to help others rather than save their house from total wreckage. His voice almost muffled with tears, "We started getting people out. We saw some unfortunate things, but we help some people."