Nothing but 'a slab and two steps': Tornado leaves path of destruction in Kentucky town.
“There’s no furniture. There’s no clothes. There’s nothing remaining of her house,” said one survivor of her now deceased great-aunt's home.Dec. 11, 2021, 11:08 PM UTCMAYFIELD, Ky. — Jeremy Page believed his life was about to end.
“Jesus, Jesus, just help,” said Page, 45, who moved to the city only two weeks ago. “I knew I had to pray.” “These things happen in other places but never at home,” said Al Chandler, pastor of Northside Baptist Church, who used his church van to transport residents in housing authority units to nearby warming stations. “We’ve been hit harder than we ever have before. Anytime something like this happens, communities come together.”
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