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Sumner County: 'Worst thing I've seen in my life'
The Gallatin area took a major hit from the tornado, which traveled roughly west to east, crossing directly over Volunteer State Community College, several car dealerships and several subdivisions.
"This is the worst thing I've seen in my life,'' said Gallatin Fire Chief Joe Womack, 72.
"It's bad.''
As rain continued to fall and what was left of daylight faded last night, Womack's crews were out at the Woodhaven-on-the-Lake subdivision, making one final search and acting as some semblance of a security force in the neighborhood, where Womack said there was concern about looting.
Martha Hayes, a former emergency room nurse who lives several streets over from Woodhaven, tried to rescue a couple trapped in their home.
She and two doctors, who had formed an impromptu rescue team, dug frantically to reach the couple in time, but no avail. The couple were among the three people killed in Woodhaven.
"The sad part is, they were holding each other,'' Hayes said.
Two lots down, at Regina and Mike Stockman's new home, Mike Stockman barely escaped death when the storm bore down about 2:30 p.m.
He and two heating and air-conditioning workers were installing a unit when they heard the storm approaching and tried to rush inside. Stockman and one of the men were able to get to an area where the brick foundation protected them as one of the walls collapsed.
The third man wasn't so fortunate. He was found dead after the storm passed.
Stockman believes the wall collapse actually saved his own life, because it shielded him from flying debris, his wife said.
Moments after the storm passed, Regina Stockman spoke to her husband by phone.
"He said, 'You need to come home. Everything is gone,' '' she said.
Five other people were killed near South Water Avenue.
Not far from Woodhaven, at least two buildings on the campus of Volunteer State Community College suffered damage. A grassy area in front of the school was littered with shingles, plywood and roofing material.
Three large car dealerships across the street from the college were hit hard. Nissan of Gallatin had an estimated 250 cars in its inventory totaled. The dealership's windows were blown out and its roof ripped off.
On Lock Four Road, the 5,000-square-foot brick home belonging to Steve Walker and his wife, Mary, is gone. Most of the basement is intact and the back bedroom still exists, but the rear wall of their cherished fixer-upper was torn out.
"I was wondering if my dog was all right and was wondering if my family heirlooms had been destroyed," said Walker, 51, standing on a concrete slab where his sunroom once stood.
His dog, a Scottish terrier named Scruffy who was in a pen, was fine. But most of his possessions were obliterated.
"I guess it's the old saying, you don't know what you got until it's gone," he said.
On Lakeshore Drive, survivors of the storm were counting their blessings.
Shirley Bradley got in a bathtub with her granddaughter, Rayna, and covered themselves with blankets. "I just heard the wind," she said.
North of Hendersonville, five homes were seriously damaged and two others received minor damage in the sprawling Mansker Farms subdivision. Some residents there said they were told yesterday that they needed to evacuate and prepare to stay gone for up to a week because of the storm damage and the lack of electricity and natural gas service.
On the corner of Villa Way and Ridgeview Trace in Hendersonville, Rita Oruska waited for her daughter.
She said she got away clean because she only suffered some broken windows and missing shingles, but what worried her the most: her 13-year-old Tiffany had not made it home from school by 5 p.m.
"She's supposed to be here at 3:30," she said looking at a group of Sumner County school buses pulling up a block away.
Immediately, she walked toward them searching for her oldest daughter. As the lanky teen bounced off the bus, Rita hugged her and then tried to brace her for what she was about to see.
"Omigod," Tiffany gasped.
The house that used to be next to theirs was a pile of two-by-fours.
The Oruskas moved to Hendersonville in December from just outside of Philadelphia and had experienced their first tornado.
"I was one of the lucky ones," Rita Oruska said as family and friends called her cell phone to check on her and her two daughters. "I've talked to both of my kids and that's all that matters."
Power may be out in the Gallatin and Hendersonville areas for three to four days, Cumberland Electric Membership Corp. said on its Web site last night.
The Gallatin area took a major hit from the tornado, which traveled roughly west to east, crossing directly over Volunteer State Community College, several car dealerships and several subdivisions.
"This is the worst thing I've seen in my life,'' said Gallatin Fire Chief Joe Womack, 72.
"It's bad.''
As rain continued to fall and what was left of daylight faded last night, Womack's crews were out at the Woodhaven-on-the-Lake subdivision, making one final search and acting as some semblance of a security force in the neighborhood, where Womack said there was concern about looting.
Martha Hayes, a former emergency room nurse who lives several streets over from Woodhaven, tried to rescue a couple trapped in their home.
She and two doctors, who had formed an impromptu rescue team, dug frantically to reach the couple in time, but no avail. The couple were among the three people killed in Woodhaven.
"The sad part is, they were holding each other,'' Hayes said.
Two lots down, at Regina and Mike Stockman's new home, Mike Stockman barely escaped death when the storm bore down about 2:30 p.m.
He and two heating and air-conditioning workers were installing a unit when they heard the storm approaching and tried to rush inside. Stockman and one of the men were able to get to an area where the brick foundation protected them as one of the walls collapsed.
The third man wasn't so fortunate. He was found dead after the storm passed.
Stockman believes the wall collapse actually saved his own life, because it shielded him from flying debris, his wife said.
Moments after the storm passed, Regina Stockman spoke to her husband by phone.
"He said, 'You need to come home. Everything is gone,' '' she said.
Five other people were killed near South Water Avenue.
Not far from Woodhaven, at least two buildings on the campus of Volunteer State Community College suffered damage. A grassy area in front of the school was littered with shingles, plywood and roofing material.
Three large car dealerships across the street from the college were hit hard. Nissan of Gallatin had an estimated 250 cars in its inventory totaled. The dealership's windows were blown out and its roof ripped off.
On Lock Four Road, the 5,000-square-foot brick home belonging to Steve Walker and his wife, Mary, is gone. Most of the basement is intact and the back bedroom still exists, but the rear wall of their cherished fixer-upper was torn out.
"I was wondering if my dog was all right and was wondering if my family heirlooms had been destroyed," said Walker, 51, standing on a concrete slab where his sunroom once stood.
His dog, a Scottish terrier named Scruffy who was in a pen, was fine. But most of his possessions were obliterated.
"I guess it's the old saying, you don't know what you got until it's gone," he said.
On Lakeshore Drive, survivors of the storm were counting their blessings.
Shirley Bradley got in a bathtub with her granddaughter, Rayna, and covered themselves with blankets. "I just heard the wind," she said.
North of Hendersonville, five homes were seriously damaged and two others received minor damage in the sprawling Mansker Farms subdivision. Some residents there said they were told yesterday that they needed to evacuate and prepare to stay gone for up to a week because of the storm damage and the lack of electricity and natural gas service.
On the corner of Villa Way and Ridgeview Trace in Hendersonville, Rita Oruska waited for her daughter.
She said she got away clean because she only suffered some broken windows and missing shingles, but what worried her the most: her 13-year-old Tiffany had not made it home from school by 5 p.m.
"She's supposed to be here at 3:30," she said looking at a group of Sumner County school buses pulling up a block away.
Immediately, she walked toward them searching for her oldest daughter. As the lanky teen bounced off the bus, Rita hugged her and then tried to brace her for what she was about to see.
"Omigod," Tiffany gasped.
The house that used to be next to theirs was a pile of two-by-fours.
The Oruskas moved to Hendersonville in December from just outside of Philadelphia and had experienced their first tornado.
"I was one of the lucky ones," Rita Oruska said as family and friends called her cell phone to check on her and her two daughters. "I've talked to both of my kids and that's all that matters."
Power may be out in the Gallatin and Hendersonville areas for three to four days, Cumberland Electric Membership Corp. said on its Web site last night.
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