ROLLING FORK, Miss. — Evelyn Macon is still traumatized after surviving an EF4 tornado.
She was inside her family’s restaurant and Airbnb when the twister slammed into the building Friday night, ripping the brick structure into pieces.
“That wind started blowing - boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,” Macon told Channel 2′s Tom Jones. “Powwww! And I was like ‘Oh Lord Jesus, please help me. Keep me safe, God. Don’t let me die in this tornado.’”
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Macon said she ran downstairs and frantically searched for something to hold onto.
She said powerful winds kept pulling her towards the window.
And then suddenly, the tornado moved on.
“It went right over there and killed those people in the Family Dollar,” Macon said.
Several people in the community died in the storm.
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Macon was emotional thinking about how she almost lost her life.
She is thankful for all the people who are driving hundreds of miles to bring food, water, clothing, and other essentials that people in the Rolling Fork community so desperately need.
“It’s amazing how everybody is pulling together, coming together to help people that don’t have anything,” Macon said.
The American Red Cross is also in Rolling Fork assisting victims of the tornado.
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