Incredible footage captured the moment sheriff deputies stumbled across two babies placed in a bathtub with a Bible and a blanket as the cops scoured the rubble after a deadly tornado hit Kentucky and ripped the infant-filled tub from their home.
The 15-month-old and 3-month-old boys were stuffed in the bathtub by their grandmother in an attempt to save them when her house started shaking from the tornado rolling through on December 10.
Footage shows two sheriff’s deputies and two community members searching through the wreckage of Clara Lutz’s Barnsley home, which was ripped from its foundation in the storm, to find 15-month-old Kaden and three-month old Dallas.
With flashlights, they begin to search through the rubble at night for baby Dallas. A deputy from the sheriff said that Dallas seemed to be in good health with no cuts to his legs.
As he was being rescued, the three-month old boy didn’t seem to care.
Dallas’ elder sibling was then sought through the debris. Finally, he was located safely wrapped in blanket.
Kaden was pulled through the wreckage and was found to be fine. Kaden was taken away with no tears.
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New bodycam footage shows the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office’s desperate search for two babies who were stuffed into a bathtub by their grandmother
With flashlights, they begin to search through the rubble at night for baby Dallas. They then pull him from safety by pulling on the bathtub.
The tornadoes killed at least 93 people in five states, including 78 in Kentucky, after more than 40 tornadoes pummeled the region.
Sixteen people died in Illinois. Five were in Tennessee. Two in Arkansas. Missouri had two.
Clara Lutz (center) was babysitting her grandchildren Kaden, 15 months (left), and Dallas, three months (right), when a tornado was ripping through her Barnsley, Kentucky, home
The baby was protected by her in the bathtub, along with a Bible and blanket. The baby and her mother were eventually found beneath the tub that had been left over in Lutz’s garden (pictured).
Dallas (left), suffered from a brain injury that stopped before Lutz could reach the hospital. Kaden (right), was able to survive without serious injuries
Following the miraculous rescue the babies are reunited with Lutz who was totally overwhelmed at the sight of one of the babies and yells out ‘Praise God, lord Jesus!’ As she holds Kaden in her arms, thank you Jesus!
After being reunited with Dallas in the car, she thanks God. One of the sheriff officers tells her that she promised she would find them.
Dallas was left with a severe brain injury from storm-related effects and had to be rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville.
Lutz arrived at the hospital and the bleeding had stopped.
Lutz, who babysits her children, claimed that she ended up putting them in the bathtub along with a Bible and a blanket in an attempt to save their lives. They didn’t have any basements to hide in.
Lutz’s house was razed to its foundations in chaos. She was then hit with the tub’s water tanks.
“I felt the rumbling. “I felt the house shaking.” Next thing, I felt the bathtub lift and was free from my grasp. I couldn’t hold on,’ Lutz told Click Orlando.
“I looked everywhere for the bathtub. It was hard to find these little babies. It was all I could think of to say: Lord, please return these babies safely. Please, Lord, please give these babies back to me safely.
Everything inside is sent flying by the winds, even holiday decorations.
After a tornado on December 10, a tornado tore through the roof.
One of the nine Kentucky branches is Mayfield’s bank, as seen above, before the hurricane.
According to Kentucky’s state emergency management and state health officials, the death rate is currently at 78.
He noted that three additional deaths are possible from the tornadoes and said that the governor had confirmed that the missing people have all been found.
Surveillance video captured a tornado that tore through Mayfield bank, Kentucky. Several fatal twisters then caused the destruction.
FNB Bank in Mayfield, the exact same Western Kentucky community where 8 people were killed at a candle manufacturer, was also destroyed by the tornado that struck the bank on the same evening.
The twister is seen in the inside of the bank, with Christmas trees and posters shaken by the wind. Before the tornado strikes, the lights flash off as the twister rips through the lobby. It rips off glass doors and sends a Christmas tree flying.
Judy and Billy Miller were killed while they held hands last weekend during the deadly tornadoes in Kentucky.
The elderly couple had been married for 56 years when they died when a tornado tore through Muhlenberg County – northwest of Bowling Green – in western Kentucky Friday night
In Kentucky, a 56-year-old couple died after being married for 56 years.
Billy and Judy Miller were among the two victims of storms in Muhlenberg County (northwest of Bowling Green) late Friday evening.
Serenity Miller, their grand-daughter, said to KHOU that the couple had died in one another’s arms, but they were holding on to each others.
“Their love for one another was so strong, that we knew they couldn’t survive apart.”
Miller explained that even though they had lost their son Billy Miller Jr., Miller and Heather Miller Brooks for half a century, the love between her grandparents never diminished.
Mayfield saw more than 100 people from the Mayfield Consumer Products candle manufacturer brave the tornado. Many claimed that they were trapped beneath five feet of rubble.
Elijah Johnson (age 20) filed with 109 others a suit against the Kentucky-based family candle factory.
After being told they would be fired if they leave the factory, they are now asking for an undisclosed sum.
A few hours later the entire factory was destroyed in a tornado that killed eight people and injured many others. Unknown how many people are missing or injured is not clear.
Plaintiff Johnson claims that company showed “flagrant ignorance” of the rights and was able to show ‘flagrant disrespect’ to Plaintiff Johnson’s rights.
Since then, the company denied making this claim and stated that it followed protocols.
Elijah Johnson (20) filed a lawsuit along with 109 employees, after Mayfield Consumer Products factory claimed they could not go home prior to the December 10 tornado.
This is the before and after of the factory. It was destroyed by the tornado that ripped through Kentucky leaving only rubble. The company denied that it told its workers they couldn’t go and is now offering hazard payment