Mother Plucked Girl From School Moments Before Tornado Hit
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As the mile-wide tornado carved a path of destruction toward Moore, Oklahoma, Henry De La Cruz’s wife drove to Plaza Towers Elementary School to pick up their 5-year-old daughter, Isabelle.
Shortly after she fetched the girl, the twister chewed the school into rubble. Seven children died, Moore Police Sergeant Jeremy Lewis said, while dozens of others survived after being spirited away like Isabelle or, in at least one case, sheltered under a heroic teacher who was injured by storm debris.