AT ORCHARD LAKE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE CONDITIONS LOOKING GREAT THIS MORNING. AS THE SUN IS UP,
AND THE ROADS ARE DRY, EVERYONE
ALRIGHT, KIM. THANK YOU TO 6 32
NOW AND THIS MORNING. THE TOWN
OF GAYLORD CONTINUES TO CLEAN UP
AFTER FRIDAY’S DEADLY AND
DEVASTATING TORNADO. IT SEEMS
THAT NOTHING WAS LEFT UNTOUCHED
140 MILE PER HOUR. WINDS RIPPED
HOMES, BUSINESSES, CARS, TREES.
AND TAKING TWO LIVES AND TAKING
THE LIVELIHOODS OF SO MANY
OTHERS. BUT PEOPLE NEAR AND FAR
WERE QUICK TO HELP IN ANY WAY
THEY COULD. IT’S AMAZING HOW
GENEROUS EVERYBODY HAS BEEN.
IT’S UH, IT’S BEEN A BIG GUARD
SON. WE HAVE MORE FOOD AND WATER
AND POP AND UNITED WAYS THERE.
AND WE ARE ALSO HEARING ABOUT
INCREDIBLE ACTS OF BRAVERY AND
KINDNESS. AND THERE’S SO MANY
STORIES. LOCAL FORCE
NICK MONACELLI JOINS US NOW LIVE
THIS MORNING FROM GAILLARD WITH
A STORY OF HEROISM, NICK YEAH.
IN FACT, IT’S A STORY OF HEROISM
WITH TWO DIFFERENT ANGLES TO IT.
THIS IS MIKE ADAMS, WHO LIVES
HERE IN THE NOTTINGHAM STATES
FOREST MOBILE HOME PARK, AND YOU
WERE HERE WHEN THE TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN. FIRST OF ALL YOU
SAID THAT YOU GRABBED YOUR SON
AND GOT HIM OUT OF HERE, TOO, IN
THE BACK OF MY PICKUP TRUCK. AND
THEN WHEN THAT WAS HAPPENING,
THE TWISTER CAME THROUGH. YOU
SAID IT LASTED MAYBE A MINUTE.
AND THEN YOU CAME RUNNING BACK
IN HERE. YEAH WE, YOU KNOW,
DROVE AS FAST AS WE COULD OUT OF
HERE, AND IT WAS RIGHT BEHIND US
THE WHOLE TIME, AND WE SHOT
THROUGH THE ABC WAREHOUSE AND BC
PARKING LOT AND WENT INTO THAT
CAR WASH. IT WENT THROUGH THERE
AND HIT HOBBY LOBBY AND ALL
THAT. AND AFTER THAT, CALM DOWN,
I KIND OF SAT THERE FOR A MINUTE
REFLECTED AND THEN TURN RIGHT
AROUND CAME BACK IN HERE. CAME
IN ON THIS SIDE AND THEN IT WAS
JUST TOTALLY DEVASTATED. PEOPLE
SCREAMING PEOPLE LAYING AROUND
BLEEDING, AND WE JUST YOU KNOW
ME AND A LOT OF OTHER GUYS, NOT
JUST ME. WE RAN IN. THERE’S A
GUY HERE. COME HERE AND GET THEM
OUT. GET THIS GUY OUT. THERE WAS
ONE GUY INJURIES LIKE HOW BAD
THESE FOLKS THE TWO WORST ONES I
SAW THERE WAS ONE GUY THAT HAD
SPLINTERS BOARDS TO VIE FOR
STICKING OUT OF HIM. HE WAS
BLEEDING. HE WAS TWISTED. I GOT
THE RUBBLE OFF OF HIM. HE ASKED
ME TO PLEASE NOT TOUCH HIM
MYSELF. I WON’T BRO. THERE WAS
ANOTHER GUY BACK HERE. THERE IT
LOOKED LIKE HIS LEG WAS OFF. SO
YOU KNOW, I’VE NEVER SEEN
SOMETHING LIKE THAT CLOSE UP
BEFORE. WHAT DO YOU DO LIKE
THAT? WHAT DO YOU DO IN A
SITUATION LIKE THAT? I DON’T
KNOW. I MEAN, YOU’RE NOT
MEDICALLY TRAINED. YOU KNOW, YOU
JUST JUST GRABBING, GRABBING
WHAT? YOU CAN HELP ME OUT JUST
THERE TO COMPLETE GRABBING STUFF
OFF SAYING YOU’LL BE ALRIGHT,
SCREAMING HIDING 11, YOU KNOW
TYPICAL GET OVER HERE. THERE’S A
GUY HERE, GET HIM OUT AND RUN TO
THE NEXT ONE. I REALLY DIDN’T
THINK ALL I SAW WAS HELPED
PEOPLE AND I DID WHAT I COULD
OVER HERE AND THEN I RAN AROUND
TO THE OTHER SIDE AND THEN WENT
TO FINALLY CHECK ON MY HOUSE.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD JUST STAY
HUNKERED DOWN FOR HOURS. YOU
DIDN’T THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN
SAFETY WHEN I WAS DRIVING OUT OF
HERE AND SEEING EVERYTHING
EXPLODING BEHIND ME. DEVASTATED
ME. I’M LIKE, OH, MY GOD, AND
ALL I COULD THINK WAS GET BACK
IN HERE AND FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED. WHO’S ALIVE WHO’S NOT?
AND YOU KNOW IT WAS WORSE THAN I
EXPECTED TO SEE WHAT I KNOW.
GOING FORWARD. NOBODY REALLY
KNOWS WHAT TO DO NOW. BUT HOW DO
YOU TAKE IN THE FACT THAT TWO
PEOPLE WERE KILLED HERE AND
THERE’S 40 MORE THAT ARE
HURTING. WE DON’T KNOW HOW MANY
ARE GOING TO SURVIVE. I DON’T
EVEN KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT IN ITS
THE SIDE OF WHAT THEY WENT
THROUGH. AND THE SIDE OF NOW NOT
SEEING THEM EVERY DAY. BECAUSE
THESE PARTICULAR PEOPLE I DIDN’T
KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, BUT
EVERYDAY HI. HOW ARE YOU DOING?
YOUR WAVE, YOU KNOW, HELP HIM
OUT, GET THEIR MAIL THINGS LIKE
THAT. AND I REALLY I DON’T KNOW
WHERE TO GO ON THAT MY BRAIN IS
STILL TRYING TO COMPREHEND
EVERYTHING I’VE SEEN AND WORK IT
OUT. AND I’M HAVING NIGHTMARES.
WHICH IS SOMETHING I HAVEN’T HAD
IN A LONG TIME. I’M 50 YEARS
OLD. YEAH SHE JUST DEVASTATING,
YOU KNOW, AND I JUST I WANT
EVERYBODY TO FOCUS ON THIS AND
SEE WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE ALMOST
EVERYTHING’S GONE HERE AND
PEOPLE WHO NEED THE HELP THAT’S
FOR SURE. MIKE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR GETTING UP EARLY WITH
US. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I
HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THERE
ARE PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE ALIVE
TODAY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DID.
SO I HOPE SO. YOU KNOW, I JUST
WISH THAT SOMEHOW I COULD HAVE
HONKED THE HORN AND THERE WOULD
HAVE BEEN TIME FOR PEOPLE TO
HEAR ME AND GO. BUT THERE WASN’T
I BARELY GOT OUT OF HERE. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, AND IT IS ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE AND AGAIN. HE’S ONE
OF A COUPLE WHO CAME RUNNING IN
HERE, AND I DON’T SAY THAT OFF
THE CUFF. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
ARE IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW.
LIKELY ALIVE BECAUSE HE FOUND
THEM WHAT TO DO. WE’RE STILL
THANKFUL FOR HIS HEROISM. AND
FOR HIM SHARING EXACTLY WHAT IT
WAS LIKE DURING THOSE MOMENTS
WHERE EVERY SECOND COUNTED, NICK
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT BET
PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. RIGHT NOW
I’M CLICKONDETROIT.COM. YOU CAN
SEE MORE STORIES LIKE THIS ONE
LIKE MIKE’S STORIES OF SURVIVAL
STORIES OF RECOVERY, AS WELL AS
MORE PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF THE
MASS DESTRUCTION THAT WAS CAUSED
BY THIS TORNADO OVER THE WEEKEND
. ALSO YOU CAN FIND OUT WHEN THE
LAST TIME WAS THAT A TORNADO HIT