TEN
TEN NEWS
TEN NEWS STARTS NOW. 4@4@>>4@ GOOD EVENING. I'M JOHN BECKER STANDING IN THE
EPICENTER IN THE AFTERMATH OF A
TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN IN
PUTNAM COUNTY.
I'M JUST4@ ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF
THE CITY OF COOKVILLE WHICH
SITS ON THE PLATEAU4@ SOME TWO
HOURS WEST OF KNOXVILLE.
IT IS A COMMUNITY4@ THAT'S HOME
TO ABOUT 30000 PEOPLE ROUGHLY
THE SIZE4@ OF THE TOWN OF
FARRAGUT.
JUST A FEW4@ MORE THAN THAT.
AND THERE WERE PEOPLE HERE WHO
LOST EVERYTHING AND SOME PEOPLE
WHO WERE LUCKY AND LOST VERY
LITTLE.
THE DIVIDING LINE IN THIS CASE
WAS A DRIVEWAY.
LET'S SHOW YOU.
THIS IS THE MAIAH HOME BEHIND
ME RIGHT HERE.
THEY LOST LITTLE MORE THAN TWO
WINDOWS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE
SIDING ON THEIR HOME.
AND AS PHOTOGRAPHER BRIAN HOPE
PANS BACK AROUND4@, YOU CAN SEE
WHAT IS IN THEIR BACKYARD AS WE
SPEAK.
VOLUNTEERS HELPING TO CLEAN U4@P
.
AS WE'RE ON THE AIR AT THIS
HOUR AND THEN4@ AS I MENTIONED S
WE MOVE ACROSS THE DRIVE4@WAY
THIS IS4@ THE BEAN'S HOME.
THEY SURVIVED ONLY BECAUSE THEY
MADE IT IN THE BASEMENT.
MR. BEING SAID HE WAS WORRIED
ABOUT BEING4@ OUT OF HIS HOME
AGAIN AN EF 3 TORNADO HITTING4@
HERE.
WIND SPEEDS OF UP TO ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE MILES AN
HOUR.
HERE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO KNOW AT THIS HOUR
TONIGHT.
TWENTY FOUR PEOPLE DEAD ACROSS
THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO TEMA, 18 OF
THOSE IN THE COUNTY I'M
STANDING IN PUTNAM COUNTY.
THAT INCLUDES FIVE CHILDREN4@4@
HERE IS THE WELCOME N4@EWS AT
THIS HOUR.
THREE PEOPLE ARE MISSING AND
THAT IS REALLY WELCOME NEWS
BECAUSE THERE WERE EIGHTY EIGHT
AT THE HEIGHT OF4@ THE MISSING
LIST.
SO THAT IS DOWN TO THREE AT
THIS HOUR AS WE'RE ON THE AIR. @
ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, SHANNON
SMITH HAS BEEN REPORTING ON THE
GROUND HERE THROUGHOUT4@ THE DAY
SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE WHO EITHER
KNEW OR LOST4@ FRIENDS OR FAMILY
ME4@MBERS SHANNON, IT'S BEEN A
DIFFICULT DAY.
>> IT'S OPEN TO A NEIGHBORHOOD
AND SHOW UP TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE
AND THEN TELL YOU THIS IS WHERE
THE HOUSE USED TO BE BUT NOW
IT'S JUST FLATLAND AND THAT WAS
THE4@ CASE WITH THE CURTIS FA4@Y
WHO LOST THREE FAMILY MEMBERS
IN THE TORNADO YESTERDAY.
>>4@ THE CURTIS FAMILY'S PORCH
NOW RESTS IN WHAT USED4@ TO BE
THE LIVING ROOM.
THAT ROOM AND ALL THE OTHERS
SPREAD ACROSS THE PROPERTY
DIMINISHED TO CINDER BLOCKS,
PIPES AND REMNANTS OF MEMORIES
THAT THEIR LOVED ONES ARE NOW
LEFT TO PICK UP MORE PARISH.
>> BURGESS SMILES LOOKING
THROUGH PHOTOS FOUND4@ IN THE
RUBBLE FROM A BIRTHDAY PARTY OR
SOMETHING.
PHOTOS OF A FAMILY4@ SHE'S KNOWN
FOR YEARS PART OF FAMILY HAVE
BEEN MONWY HAS BEST FRIEND FOR
YEARS.
>> THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW I MET MY
HUSBAND.
SO THEY'VE BEEN LIKE FAMILY TO
US.
>> THE CURTIS FAMILY.
TERRI AND JENNIFER4@ FIVE KIDS 3
STILL AT HOME, TWO ASLEEP IN
THE HOUSE TUESDAY MORNI4@NG.
HE SAID AS SOON AS HE HIT HIS
MOM'S ARMS THAT SHE WRAPPED HIM
UP AND HE REMEMBERED THE POWER
GOING OUT.
HE REMEMBERS THE ROOF BLOWING.
>>4@ NINE YEAR OLD EASTON AND HS
MOM JENNIFER ARE IN THE
HOSPITAL BUT THEY'RE OK.
TERRI THEIR YOUNGEST SON D4@AWS@
AND NANNY AMANDA COLE KILLED AS
THE HOUSE WAS DESTROYED4@ TO
THINK THAT THEY WORKED SO HARD
FOR ALL OF US.
THEIR WHOLE LIVES AND IT'S JUST
GONE4@.
THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
>> BURGESS IS HURTING AS IS THE
REST OF THE FAMILY.
THIS IS JUST IN INTERNET AND
OUR EVERYDAY4@.
THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT I MEAN
WE'VE BEEN HERE WE'VE4@ SO MANY
DINNERS HERE.
I'VE BEEN ON THE FRONT PORCH
JUST SITTING HERE.
FRINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PICK UP
THE PIECES AND MAKE SURE THE
CURTIS4@ FAMILY IS HONORED EVER@
DAY.
>>4@ WE'RE BACK LIVE HERE IN THE
EPICENTER STORM AND AGAIN
PEOPLE ARE JUST STILL COMING TO
GRIPS AS WE HEARD FROM YOUR
STORY SHANNON.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LIST OF
VICTIMS IT REALLY4@ SPANS A
NUMBER OF AGES AGES 2 UP TO 67
.
>> SO THE CURTIS FAMILY4@ I
TALKED TO HAD A FOUR YEAR OLD4@
50 SOMETHING YEAR OLD, A 30
YEAR OLD SOMETHING YEAR OLD
TALKED TO HAD A FOUR YEAR OLD4@ 50 SOMETHING YEAR OLD, A 30 YEAR OLD SOMETHING YEAR OLD4@
WOMAN.
SO REALLY HITTING ALL THOSE4@
RANGES AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT
JUST THREE LIVES LOST.
IT'S AFFECTING EVERYBODY WHO
KNEW THESE PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT