Jimu news reporter Sun Zhe
Comprehensive BBC, CNN and other foreign media reports, on the evening of December 10, local time, many states in the central United States suffered at least 30 tornado attacks, which have caused at least 94 deaths. Of these, Kentucky was the hardest hit, with 80 people killed, homes torn to shreds and some survivors recounting the tornadoes.
Survivors can only broadcast live for help
On the 12th, a spokesman for Mayfield Consumer Goods said that due to the tornado, 8 people died in a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, usa, and 8 people were missing.
Christmas is just around the corner, local demand for candles in the United States has skyrocketed, and workers in candle factories have been working overtime recently. According to CNN, when the tornado struck, there were more than 100 people working in the candle factory in Mayfield, and Perez was one of them.
Rescuers carry out rescue work at candle factory (Image: BBC)
Perez said that according to the shift system, it was his turn to work that night. Although she had been hiding in a safer place in the factory with other workers when she heard the wind, the fear began from that moment.
Perez recalls the situation, when the lights flickered inside the factory, her ears began to buzz, and just a few seconds later, the factory collapsed like a house of cards.
"It's like someone took a card and in an instant the ceiling fell and we were buried in the rubble." Perez said.
When Perez came back a little, she found herself pressed against the wall, her legs stuck, and she couldn't move. Colleagues surrounded themselves, shouting for help.
Tornado-hit Mayfield (Image: CNN)
Little by little, Perez's toes began to lose consciousness, and she also became worried, afraid that the rescuers would not find her, so she started a live broadcast on social media.
"I don't know who's watching." Perez said, in the background was her colleagues' panicked cries for help, "Please help us, no one has come to rescue us yet, let's help, try to tell the rescuers that we are here!" ”
Before rescuers arrived, Perez's colleagues broke the wall panel that was pressing against her so she could catch her breath. Eventually, rescue teams found Perez and cleared up various debris around her, and with the help of two rescuers, Perez crawled out of a 5-foot (about 1.5-meter) deep rubble.
CNN said that Mayfield City was one of the hardest hit areas of the tornado, and many local people said that the once picturesque town square no longer existed, the city seemed to be razed to the ground, "the whole town has disappeared." ”
Mayfield City Infographic (Image: CNN)
"I've experienced tornadoes before, but it's not like that"
On the morning of December 11, local time, when the sun rose, Moss drove to Mayfield, where she was going to look for her cousin.
Moss's eyes were filled with mountains of rubble, and she saw toys, shoes and a Christmas card that had not yet been written.
"Everyone's phone was turned off, I got up early, I was so nervous, I didn't fall asleep all night, I thought I had to come and see him (Moss's cousin)." Moss said.
Moss said the situation on the road was really "heartbreaking" to watch, "I've experienced a tornado before, but I've never seen it before, it's like a disaster movie." ”
School bus blown down by a tornado (Image: BBC)
Hayley Gibson, a student at the University of Southern Illinois at Edwardsville, told reporters that usually, on Friday nights, she was either taking art history classes or playing games in her dorm room, but this Friday was "so different."
Because edwardsville, Illinois, received a local warning message for a tornado crossing, the school advised students to stay in the bathroom of their dormitories and not to come out.
On the evening of the 10th, 22-year-old Gibson sat alone on the floor of the dormitory bathroom eating dinner, "My mood is like riding a roller coaster, both lonely and scared, I try to make myself happy to survive this time." 」 ”
"To be honest, there has never been a moment in my life that has made me feel so lonely." Gibson said.
On December 11, local time, US President Joe Biden said that the disaster may be one of the largest tornado disasters in US history.
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