Less than two weeks after the Denittos moved into their retirement dream home, a tornado ripped through their neighborhood at night, destroying their home and burying them under debris.
THE DISRUPTIONS THAT WERE DURING PAST HURRICANES IS RESEMBLING HERE. >>> THIS IS THE BEFORE AND AFTER SHOTS OF ONE CUL-DE-SAC. IT IS DEVASTATING. THE GOGGLE EARTH SHOWS BEFORE SHOT FROM SKY 5. AND TONIGHT WE ARE HEARING A NEW AND CHILLING STORY OF SURVIVAL. WRAL BRYAN MIMS TALKS WITH THE FAMILY THAT LIVED IN THIS HOUSE, AND HE HAS THEIR EXPERIENCE. >> Reporter: IT'S THE PICTURES THAT FIRST CAUGHT THE FAMILY'S EYES. THE THROW BEDROOM HOME, BACKS UP TO THE GOLF COURSE. BUT IT IS THE PICTURES NOW, THE PICTURES THE MORNING AFTER THE MONDAY NIGHT TORNADO THAT THE FAMILY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER. >> IT WAS A VERY SCARY TIME. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE THIS. >> Reporter: DEBRA TALK WITH US ON THE PHONE. HER HUSBAND ROBERT AND 23-YEAR- OLD SON ZACHARY HAD JUST MOVED INTO THE RETIREMENT HOME FEBRUARY 3rd. >> THE CUL-DE-SAC THAT EVERYBODY IS SHOWING ON NEWS, THAT'S WHERE OUR HOUSE WAS. >> Reporter: WHERE THE HOUSE WAS. >>OUS IS TO THE NIGHT. >> Reporter: THE NIGHT OF THE THUNDERSTORM. >> AND IT BECAME VERY QUIET, WHICH IS VERY EERIE, AND THEN YOU HEAR THAT DREADED SOUND OF A TRAIN, AND YOU ARE THINKING, NO, THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. >> Reporter: THE AFTERMATH SHOWS JUST HOW POSSIBLE IT WAS. >> WITHIN SECONDS, WE WERE ALL JUST BLOWN INTO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. AND, FOUND OURSELVES UNDER THE RUBBLE OF THE HOMES. >> Reporter: DEBRA BLOWS SOMEONE WAS WAP OUT FOR THEM THIS STORMY NIGHT. >> IT'S A MIRACLE. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE PICTURES SHOW TOTAL DESTRUCTION. THEY LOST EVERYTHING. EXCEPT THE ONE THING MOST IMPORTANT. >> OUR FAMILY. WE HAVE EACH OTHER. THE THREE OF US ARE WALKING AND BREATHING. SO THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. >> Reporter: BECAUSE THE LUMBER AND THE BRICKS MAKE A HOUSE, BUT FAMILY MAKES IT A HOME. BRYAN MIMS, WRAL NEWS IN THEY HAVE INSURANCE BUT DON'T KNOW
