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WE'RE NOT REALLY HEARING A LOT
FROM THE FIRST RESPONDERS BUT I
WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CLAY, A
RESIDENT, LONG-TIME RESIDENT.
THIS HIS CHILDHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU SHOWED UP HERE AND ACTUALLY
RESCUED YOUR NEIGHBOR.
>> YEAH.
I CAME THROUGH AND JUST AS SOON
AS I CAME IN, I STARTED YELLING,
JUST SEE IF I COULD FIND ANY
RESPONSE, AND I HEARD HIM FROM
DOWN IN THE RUBBLE OF THE HOUSE
NEXT DOOR.
AND JUST STARTED BREAKING DOWN
WALLS JUST TO TRY AND GET TO
HIM.
HE WAS ABLE TO PULL HIM OUT.
HE WAS IN A CLOSET, LIKE THEY
SAID, WHERE YOU SHOULD BE, AND I
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE MADE IT
THROUGH IT.
BUT KNOCKED DOWN THE WALLS AND
PULLED HIM OUT AND HE WAS ALL
RIGHT.
NOT A SCRATCH ON HIM.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
YOU WERE DIGGING THROUGH THE
DEBRIS OF YOUR CHILDHOOD HOME
HERE JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
>> THERE'S NO WORDS THAT CAN
DESCRIBE THAT.
YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS THERE.
MY PARENTS HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE
'74.
EVERYTHING'S GONE IN AN INSTANT.
THERE'S NO WORDS THAT CAN
DESCRIBE THAT.
IT'S DEVASTATING.
REALLY IS.
>> THIS COMMUNITY HAS GONE
THROUGH A TORNADO BEFORE.
WHEN YOU PULLED UP HERE AND YOU
SAW YOUR COMMUNITY HERE
DEVASTATED, WHAT WAS GOING ON IN
YOUR MIND?
>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU WANT TO TRY
AND FIND ANYBODY, ANY SURVIVORS,
ANY SIGN OF LIFE.
YOU WANT TO DO -- YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU CAN DO, REALLY.
YOU JUST WANT TO DO ANYTHING YOU
CAN TO HELP AND YOU'RE JUST
GOING FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE
YELLING, SEARCHING FOR ANYBODY
THAT MIGHT BE INSIDE.
THERE'S REALLY -- WHEN IT HITS,
YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO
RESPOND.
IT'S A FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE.
YOU JUST DO WHATEVER YOU CAN, DO
EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP.
I FEEL TERRIBLE.
I WISH I COULD DO SOMETHING FOR
THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL BECAUSE
THAT'S A DEVASTATING SITUATION.