Residents allowed to return to tornado-hit Illinois town
Source: AP-Excite
By KERRY LESTER
FAIRDALE, Ill. (AP) — Residents of a small northern Illinois farming community that took a direct hit from a half-mile-wide tornado were allowed back into the area Saturday to assess damage and salvage what they could.
The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office bused residents into Fairdale at 7 a.m. so they could begin to take stock of what was left of their property. Seeing the wreckage up close for the first time since Thursday's storms left some amazed that they survived.
"I thought my parents were dead," said 32-year-old Adam Davis, who hopped into his truck Thursday and raced along with the tornado in the hopes of getting to his parents' house and rescuing them before the twister struck. He found them standing in their doorway frozen in disbelief and grabbed them just in time.
On Saturday, he was helping collect what could be salvaged from his childhood home, now full of debris, its roof ripped off and its windows broken.
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This photo shows Grubsteakers restaurant in Rochelle, Ill., Friday, April 10, 2015, after it was destroyed by severe weather that passed through the area Thursday night. Twelve people were trapped in the basement of the restaurant that collapsed. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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