Tornado Stories

Challen Stephens of The Huntsville Times follows the path of the Hackleburg tornado:

But Braden [...] wouldn't come outside. Kienlen said that Braden told them that this is Alabama, that he wasn't afraid of tornado warnings. "You could feel your ears popping," Kienlen recalled. The wheels from underneath Braden's trailer landed on the shelter door. They worked to let one person squeeze out to clear the exit.

Outside, just a few feet away, Braden lay dead atop the rubble.

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