{"id":22325,"date":"2024-05-15T14:53:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=22325"},"modified":"2024-05-15T14:53:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:53:33","slug":"texas-boy-survives-being-thrown-by-deadly-tornado-absolute-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2024\/05\/texas-boy-survives-being-thrown-by-deadly-tornado-absolute-miracle","title":{"rendered":"Texas Boy Survives Being Thrown by Deadly Tornado: ‘Absolute miracle’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Texas family is rejoicing after their 7-year-old son survived being thrown by a deadly tornado in Abilene, Texas. The Lambert family spoke with told KWTX-TV<\/a> where they recalled the scary day. They were hiding in a closet when a tornado ripped through their neighborhood, completely destroying their house. \u201cWe could hear the nails coming out of the boards and metal being ripped, but that\u2019s all we could hear,\u201d Kasey Lambert recalled. At some point while the tornado was hovering over them, Kasey lost her grip of her 7-year-old son, Lane. \u201cLane got sucked up in the tornado,\u201d said Kasey’s cousin, Bradye, who set up a GoFundMe<\/a> page for the family. \u201cThey couldn\u2019t hold him down. It sucked him up and he flew like 25 feet. They thought he was gone.\u201d Thankfully, the little boy landed on a pile of insulation from another destroyed house. According to the GoFundMe, Lane was most upset about missing his spelling test and upcoming baseball tournament. As for the rest of the family, Bradye gave an update on the Lambert’s younger daughter, Allie, along with Wes and Kasey. “Allie is still hoping we find her stuffy in the rubble, but she came out with only a couple of scratches. Wes has an injured knee & wrist. Kasey was hit by the water heater tank and very bruised on her side\/back\/ ribs and head.”<\/p>\n

The aftermath was caught on camera while a storm chaser, Freddy McKinney, saw the family and\u00a0 immediately rescued them and drove them to the hospital. \u201cOh my gosh, oh my gosh,\u201d the storm chaser said in the video. \u201cThere are people. There are people. Get in the car, get in the car!\u201d Every member of the Lambert family, including their dog, received medical treatment. While they home is destroyed, they are thankful to be alive and healing. \u201cIt is an absolute miracle,\u201d Kasey Lambert said. \u201cIt was strong enough that we shouldn\u2019t have been able to walk away.\u201d<\/p>\n