Good NewsIn the aftermath of devastating tornadoes, tales of heroism emerge
A chain of deadly tornadoes that have been tearing through the American south since Sunday have forced thousands of residents to take cover, and left many of them homeless or without power.
The death toll now stands at 28.
As survival stories now emerge, so do stories of heroism.
One Vilonia, Arkansas, father of three saw the tornado approaching from his front porch and told his wife and children to get inside. Once his family was indoors, he laid on top of them until the twister passed.
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"I saw it coming from back that direction. I told everybody to take cover," the man, who was not identified, said in a video posted yesterday by USA Today, describing the horrific scene.
"I got in, I just huddled down on top of my family. You could hear all the air and everything ... just sucked right out of the room."
Stormchaser Greg Johnson was also in Vilonia that night. He told Mashable about another quick-thinking father who brought his three daughters into the bathtub.
"That bathtub was ripped from the house and it rolled several yards from the home, with dad and all four girls still huddled inside," Johnson wrote.
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Johnson said that even his own driver came to the rescue, spending more than an hour stabilizing an injured woman's head and neck.
"I don't remember many names — things happened way too quickly as we moved from one person to the next. We exchanged polite thank yous and had brief moments of tears and laughter. But I do remember a few heroic moments, when people could be heard calling for help stuck beneath the rubble, and searchers frantically lifted away debris from the remnants of countless homes and businesses to save them," he wrote.
