EACH AND EVERY DAY. LIVE. LOCAL, LATE BREAKING 米兰体育 13 NEWS AT TEN STARTS NOW. 14 YEARS AGO TODAY, A STRONG TORNADO SUPERCELL SWEPT THROUGH OUR STATE, KILLING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND CHANGING THE LIVES OF MANY MORE IN THE AFTERMATH. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I鈥橫 GLADYS BAUTISTA MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES WHEN 62 CONFIRMED TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN ACROSS THE STATE. 米兰体育 13 S BRYCE OLSON JOINS US LIVE NOW AFTER SPENDING THE DAY IN PRATT CITY. HARD HIT AREA THAT DAY. BRYCE PEOPLE THERE STILL REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. YEAH. PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH SAY THEY COULD NEVER FORGET THE TORNADO THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY CHERISHED THEIR CITY AS IT STANDS TODAY. WE HAD HIT IN THE ME AND MY DAD AND MY FOLKS. WE HAD HID IN THE BATHROOM THE WHOLE TIME WE WAS IN THE BATHROOM. ON APRIL 27TH, 2011, SEVERAL WAVES OF TORNADOES STRUCK ALABAMA, SCARED FOR REAL. SOUNDED LIKE A TRAIN WAS COMING THROUGH, THOUGH. FOR REAL. IT WAS LOOKING LIKE A DAY LIKE THIS. IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. TOLD EVERYTHING, CLAIMING THE LIVES OF 240 PEOPLE. I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE GONE WHEN WE CAME OUTSIDE. YEAH, EVERYTHING WAS GONE. WE CAME OUTSIDE. JEROME CURRY SAYS HE WITNESSED THE TORNADO AND IT LEFT AN IMPACT ON HIS COMMUNITY. YEAH, IT CHANGED OVER HERE. YOU DON鈥橳 EVEN FEEL THE SAME AROUND HERE. DON鈥橳 EVEN LOOK THE SAME. THE PEOPLE AIN鈥橳 EVEN THE SAME. EVERY APRIL 27TH, WE THINK ABOUT IT. YES, BECAUSE WE NEVER BEEN THROUGH NOTHING LIKE THAT AROUND HERE. JOSHUA BARNES WITNESSED THE SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL, AND SAYS THE EXPERIENCE LEAVES HIM SPEECHLESS. EVEN AFTER 14 YEARS. EVERYBODY WAS DEVASTATED. IT WAS BODIES AND TREES AND MAN, I CAN鈥橳 EVEN DESCRIBE HOW HOW EVERYBODY WAS FEELING AT THE TIME. BUT YEAH MAN, IT鈥橲 14 YEARS LATER. WE鈥橰E STILL HERE. AS PRATT CITY CONTINUES TO REBUILD FROM THE DAMAGE. CURRY SAYS HE EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR HIS COMMUNITY AS IT STANDS TODAY. KEEP FAITH. KEEP GOD AND. DON鈥橳 TAKE STUFF FOR GRANTED. AND MATERIALISTIC STUFF AIN鈥橳 NOTHING BECAUSE EVERYTHING COULD BE. YOU COULD HAVE IT ALL TODAY AND BE GONE TOMORROW. PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH ALSO ENCOURAGED RESIDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY鈥橲 STORM SHELTER IN CASES OF SEVERE WEATHER. LI
'Every April 27, we think about it': Pratt City residents remember horrific tornado 14 years later
On April 27, 2011, several waves of tornadoes struck Alabama
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LATEST FORECAST | 米兰体育 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR | WAYS TO STAY SAFE IN SEVERE WEATHER | HOW THE 米兰体育 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR WORKS | UPLOAD YOUR WEATHER PHOTOS | TURN ON WEATHER NOTIFICATIONSOn April 27, 2011, several waves of tornadoes struck Alabama, claiming the lives of 240 people. Jerome Curry said he witnessed the tornado, and it left an impact on the community.鈥淚 thought everything was going to be gone when we came outside, everything was gone when we came outside. It changed over here. It don't even feel the same around here, it don't look the same, people aren鈥檛 even the same,鈥� Curry said.Joshua Barnes witnessed the severe weather as well and said the experience left him speechless, even after 14 years.鈥淓very April 27, we think about it 鈥� yes, because we never been through nothing like that around here. Everybody was devastated, there was bodies in trees and, man, I can't even describe how everybody was feeling at the time. But, yeah man, it's 14 years later 鈥� we still here,鈥� Barnes said. As Pratt City continues to rebuild from the damage, Curry said he expresses gratitude for his community as it stands today.鈥淜eep faith, keep God, and don't take stuff for granted, and materialistic stuff ain't nothing because you can have it all today and it be gone tomorrow,鈥� Curry said.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — LATEST FORECAST | 米兰体育 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR | WAYS TO STAY SAFE IN SEVERE WEATHER | HOW THE 米兰体育 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR WORKS | UPLOAD YOUR WEATHER PHOTOS | TURN ON WEATHER NOTIFICATIONS
On April 27, 2011, several waves of tornadoes struck Alabama, claiming the lives of 240 people. Jerome Curry said he witnessed the tornado, and it left an impact on the community.
鈥淚 thought everything was going to be gone when we came outside, everything was gone when we came outside. It changed over here. It don't even feel the same around here, it don't look the same, people aren鈥檛 even the same,鈥� Curry said.
Joshua Barnes witnessed the severe weather as well and said the experience left him speechless, even after 14 years.
鈥淓very April 27, we think about it 鈥� yes, because we never been through nothing like that around here. Everybody was devastated, there was bodies in trees and, man, I can't even describe how everybody was feeling at the time. But, yeah man, it's 14 years later 鈥� we still here,鈥� Barnes said.
As Pratt City continues to rebuild from the damage, Curry said he expresses gratitude for his community as it stands today.
鈥淜eep faith, keep God, and don't take stuff for granted, and materialistic stuff ain't nothing because you can have it all today and it be gone tomorrow,鈥� Curry said.
