TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (AFP) – A 22-year-old Tuscaloosa student could not believe his eyes when he saw a giant back monster swirling outside of his house last Wednesday.
Even now, the marketing student from the University of Alabama is shaking when he recalls the events of that tragic day.
“Me and my friends were playing video games, and we had another TV on a news station and they were talking about the tornado coming,” T. Spivey told AFP.
He said the news report placed the tornado in the downtown area of Tuscaloosa.
“We are pretty far from downtown so we weren’t thinking we’d be hit… but when I look through the windows it was 300 yards (274 meters) away from us.”
The boys decided to hide in the bathroom. They heard howling wind outside and the sound of house wall being torn apart.
They waited 30 to 40 seconds and came out to see what was happening
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