Wilson County community devasted after deadly tornado

NORTHEAST WHILE ON WHAT WE CAN

EXPECT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF

DAYS. RAIN WISE. COMING UP, OK,

MIKE WILSON AND FRANKLIN

COUNTIES WHERE THE EPICENTERS

OF OUR DAMAGE TODAY.

>> THIS IS VIDEO FROM BOTH OF

THOSE TORNADOES THAT CAUSED

DAMAGE THAT WILL TAKE A LONG

TIME TO REBUILD THE FIRST

TORNADO OF THE DAY IN WILSON

COUNTY STRUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE NIGHT.

>> DESPITE THE TORNADO WARNINGS

AND ALERTS MANY PEOPLE WERE

SLEEPING AND COULDN'T PREPARE.

WRAL'S. ERIC MILLER JOINING US

NOW LIVE. ERIC COMMUNITY

MEMBERS ARE MOURNING THE LOSS

OF THEIR NEIGHBOR TONIGHT WHILE

DEALING WITH DAMAGE OF THEIR

OWN.

>> ASHLEY, THAT THEY ARE SINCE

THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN HERE IN

WILSON COUNTY. YOU GET A SENSE

OF JUST HOW SCARY THIS TORNADO

WOULD HAVE BEEN ROLLING THROUGH

IN THE PITCH BLACK IN THE EARLY

HOURS OF THIS MORNING. THIS

RIGHT HERE. THIS IS BRIAN

BARNES HOME. HE WAS THE MAN WHO

WAS KILLED HERE EARLIER TODAY.

HE LIVED HERE HIS ENTIRE LIFE

UP UNTIL HIS VERY LAST DAY TO

NIGHT. THIS COMMUNITY

REMEMBERING THE MAN AS THEY TRY

TO REBUILD.

WHEN LLOYD ROAD PRO COUNTRY'S

BROKEN HOMES, BROKEN HEARTS.

CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE.

>> WE JUST HEARD FROM ON A DAY

WHEN STORMS TOOK SO MUCH FROM

THIS LUCAMA COMMUNITY FROM THE

HISTORIC CHURCH TO A MIDDLE

SCHOOL. IT'S THE LIFE TAKEN THE

LIFE OF BRIAN BARNES HITS

HARDEST ON THE TABLE WHILE THE

CITY AND THIS HARD TODAY,

NEIGHBORS LIKE NORMAN TOLER

WITH THE FIRST ON SCENE.

HE SAW THE TORNADO FROM HIS

BACK PORCH THAT SAYING OUR

DEBRIS FLIES AND LOWER. YOU

KNOW WHAT, ALL MY LIFE WITH A

STAFFER. PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT.

>> I HEARD THAT. BUT IT BROUGHT

IN HALF. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE

YOU CAN EVEN COME DOWN HERE

AT THE SCENE. TOLER AND OTHERS

FELT THE SHATTERED BRICK.

NO SIGN OF YOUR FRIEND. YOU SEE

THE DEVASTATION OF THE HOUSE TO

PICK UP WHERE NEIGHBORS FOR

SEARCHING SURROUNDING FIELDS.

BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS HOMED

IN ON WHAT THEY BELIEVED TO BE

THE BEDROOM WITH A FILM BOARDS.

HE WAS FUN. HE WAS GENDERS.

HE WAS A IT DOWN BECAUSE HE WAS

A GOOD, VERY AND THE TORNADO

THAT HIT POINT ALS, ALSO DAMAGE

9 OTHER HOMES. THESE HISTORIC

CHURCH AND RIPPED THE ROOF OFF

SPRINGFIELD, MIDDLE SCHOOL,

CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE

6TH AND 7TH GRADE WINGS.

A LOT OF MEMORIES OF, YOU KNOW,

GOOD KIDS, GOOD AND THOSE WINGS

CLEANUP THURSDAY WAS ALREADY

UNDERWAY WITH NEIGHBORS

CLEANING ON PRAYER TO HEAL

THOSE BROKEN HEARTS AND BROKEN

BECAUSE THE JUST DOWN FROM

BOYNE CELLS.

>> THE TORNADO RIPPED THE PORT

ELIZABETH LOP YEARS. PARENTS

AND GRANDMOTHER ZONES. HER

FATHER WAS TAKEN TO THE

HOSPITAL, BUT NOBODY WAS

SERIOUSLY INJURED IN EITHER

HOUSE. YOU WALK IN THE HOUSE

AND LOOK AT IT.

>> AND YOU JUST WANT TO CRY

WHEN YOU WALK IN AND IT IS A

COMPLETE MIRACLE. KELLY QUARTER

GOES TO CHURCH WITH THE FAMILY,

ORGANIZED THE DOZENS OF

VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE ON THE

GROUND AS SOON AS THEY HAD THE

OK FROM FIRST RESPONDERS.

>> HEALING WHAT'S BROKEN.

>> ONE LIVE AT A TIME THAT SAYS

LOVE AND THAT SAYS WE ARE HERE

FOR YOU, NO MATTER WHAT.

>> CARTER SAYS SHE IS GOING

TO BE CONTINUING TO WORK,

TRYING TO PROVIDE AID TO THIS

COMMUNITY, TO PROVIDE AID TO

MEMBERS OF HER CHURCH. AND IT

REALLY IS SO MUCH LEFT TO DO

HERE TONIGHT. THAT INCLUDES

DOWN IN SPRINGFIELD, MIDDLE

SCHOOL, WHERE KEEP IN MIND

SCHOOL IS JUST A COUPLE OF

WEEKS AWAY. STILL AN OPEN

QUESTION. WHAT THIS IS GOING TO

MEAN FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

THERE. ANOTHER OPEN QUESTION

RIGHT DOWN HERE AT MY FEET

RUNNING AROUND. YOU CAN SEE

SOME OF THE CATS THAT WE HAVE

SEEN CRAWL OUT OF HIS HOME OVER

THE COURSE OF THIS EVENING

TONIGHT. THESE KITTENS

WONDERING WHERE EXACTLY THEY

ARE GOING TO GO LIKE SO MANY

OTHERS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.