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Father, son survived tornado: 'I had to save him,' dad says
Thanks to quick thinking, a father and son in Apison, Tennessee, survived a tornado that slammed the small town during the violent storms that ravaged the Southeast on Wednesday.
As the violent storm system barreled toward Brian Poe and other residents in a span of mobile homes, just after 8 o'clock, there was precious little time to act, he told CNN's Susan Candiotti.
“I was laying on the couch watching TV, about to sleep and my neighbor called me and told me: ‘It’s coming. Get out of the trailer. It’s coming.”
Poe said he stepped outside his mobile home, summoning his son, 15-year-old Tanner, just as the storm was bearing down on them.
The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-4 tornado with winds of 174 mph tore through Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia and into southeastern Tennessee. The same tornado that hit Apison had also struck Ringgold, Georgia, about 15 miles to the south, leaving seven dead.
“I kind of walked out and I heard it coming,” Poe said. With raging winds around them, Brian and Tanner Poe darted to a roadside ditch.
“The only thing I could think of was my son … I had to save him,” Poe said.
The only thing the two could do was hold on for dear life, Tanner said.
“Me and Dad were hugging each other laying face down,” Tanner said. “[The storm] was lifting us off the ground." A tree fell on the pair, injuring Brian Poe's back "and the wind pulled it off of us,” Tanner said.
Wednesday was the deadliest day for tornadoes since a 1925 tornado outbreak that killed more than 700 people in seven states, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Saturday on its website.
Poe said he lost several family members in the storm, which has left thousands of people homeless and killed more than 300 people.
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Devasting winds very sad.
Great now his dad will be in disability for the rest of his life. Actually considering he lived in a trailer park he probably already was
You are an a$$!!!
"disability for the rest of his life".....did you even read the article?
@ IT:
"SO WHAT? THEY WERE POOR TO BEGIN WITH?"
What do you mean by that?
They escaped with their lives.
Do you mean that they should have died because they were poor?
What is wrong with you?
Are you an addict? What is your DOC?
People in this nation have abdicated the responsibility to think logically, and to behave decently.
FORGET manners.
This weather event was horrible and left massive amounts of destruction. How can people come hear and leave horrible remarks. Maybe the victims weren't financialy wealthy but if acting like a Dick is a symptom of wealth, I will take poor anyday. Hope these losers find god and pray hard because hells fury is much worse than mother natures. People have some compassion, stop being do judgemental.
Prayers go out to all the survivors.
@jennifer-My heartfelt thoughts go out to everyone who has been affected by these devastating storms. But please people..if ur going to come on here to preach about "judging people", u need to practice what u preach. U can't call someone a dick and loser, then criticize others for "judging",,,it just doesn't make sense. It would be nice if all these "preachers" could be more humble with themselves and others...no matter how different u are...Oh and...fyi... hells fury and mother nature are the same thing..all is natural occurances..its been happening for millions of
years
Yesterday, deluded bigots drowning in a perversion of egalitarianism attacked me for telling the truth about why the wedding of an heir to the throne of Great Britain was not bumped from the news to please those bigots in their hatred.
Nothing such persons can say to me will make me regret being who I am, and it will not prevent their being who they are.
If you don't want Great Britain to have a monarchy, bring it down.
If you don't want Great Britain to exist, declare war on it and conquer it.
"Roar Like a Mouse!"
Go ahead: I want to watch.
@Joey
While I do see your point, I'm not really sure why you're saying that HERE... Tornadoes and the Royal Wedding, not quite the same thing. 😉
So sad to hear but happy to hear they escaped with there lives... Plesae lord forgive the ignorant people...
@ Eva:
Your topical semantics fail to silence me.
These two news items have been linked by hate-filled bigots since they chose the tornadoes as an excuse to attack both the British monarchy and the history of Great Britain.
The bigots opened the door.
You can't shut me up with your self-made rules.
@Eva... Idon't understand what the royal wedding have to do with this story...but if it has to do with Joey's comments there is a time and place for that but it's not the time and place!!!
@ Who cAres:
Some persons actually are disabled; that's why the program exists.
I agree with you that it is often abused.
I disagree with the posture indicate by your choice of a nom-de-plume.
hey, why don't you take a step back, take a deep breath, and focus on grammar first. I know how eager you are to impress us all with your vast vocabulary, but the grammar issues betray your actual level of affluence.
Typo:
Indicated, not indicate.
@ God Bless:
I explained to Eva (above) why bigots had made a continuation of their linkage appropriate.
And "God Bless," you don't tell me what is a time or place for anything.
This country has freedom of speech, and you are not any kind or arbiter of others' manners with your attempts at intimidation.
"Time and place" indeed!
There is nothing wrong with wealth.
It is always a result of somebody's extremely hard work, or of brilliance.
Poverty is a poor goal.
Yes the white collar folk who lived comfortably off their embezzlements, tax frauds and Ponzi schemes who are sitting in prison right now are relishing in their brilliance. x_x
Yes having your parents hand you money with no responsibility, tough work. It's not like these elitist brats are Andrew Carnegie, Flagler, or even Eli Whitney, or Bill Gates. Most of the recipients of wealth today are brats. The only problem is the only way today's spoiled rich brats could have saved the world is to make a human chain of themselves, naturally, and stand in front of those tornadoes.
Hard work and stealing the labors of others will make you rich.
Reading some of these comments makes me ashamed to be an American. Karma is real and some folks should be VERY AFRAID! God Bless and keep safe all of the surviors of this terrible tradgedy. Please know how many of us are praying for you.
Never be ashamed to be an American Sherry, feel bad that THESE people are Americans.
While I have great compassion for those who are poor and always help them as much as I can, I abhor failure.
To erect failure as an ideal is ridiculous.
@Joey Is your goal to be part of the Westboro Baptist Church or are you already a member? Is Hitler your role model?