Baby Lord is 4 months old. Photo: CNN
Moore (22 years old) told CNN (USA): “There was no warning at all.” When the tornado struck on the evening of December 9, Moore immediately used his body to shield his 1-year-old son, Princeton. Moore’s boyfriend – Aramis Youngblood (39 years old) rushed to protect baby Lord who was sleeping in the crib. However, the tornado took Lord with it. Youngblood reached for the cradle, which was also lifted off the ground and soaring into the air.
Youngblood dislocated his shoulder but still tried to search through the piles of debris. It took 10 agonizing minutes for Youngblood to find little Lord crying and lying in a fallen tree about 9 meters from where they were.
Before the tornado hit, Moore, Youngblood and the boys were relaxing in their mobile home. By the time the tornado passed, the family of four’s belongings were gone and their car was crushed by a falling tree. They walked more than 1 mile to find help. “There was another woman who helped me carry Lord while we tried to find medical personnel,” Moore said.
The family was then able to reach first responders. Moore said a doctor examined Lord and assessed him as a “perfectly healthy baby,” although he had a laceration to his face.
Tornado in Clarksville, Tennessee on December 9. Photo: CNN
Storms in Tennessee, with two tornadoes making landfall on December 9, caused widespread destruction and displaced thousands of people. Hundreds of houses were destroyed and at least six people were killed, including a mother and small child.
According to the US National Weather Service (NWS), tornadoes with winds of 201 km/h attacked many areas of Hendersonville and the Madison suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee. The tornado also moved nearly 69 km from Clarksville in Montgomery County, Tennessee to Logan County, Kentucky.
Tornadoes tore through homes and businesses, ripped off roofs and broken windows, overturned cars and trucks, and uprooted many trees.
