The Safe Room in Moore, Oklahoma
On May 20, 2013, an EF5 tornado — two miles wide with 210 mph winds — bore down on Moore, Oklahoma. Briarwood Elementary sat directly...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab.
On May 20, 2013, an EF5 tornado — two miles wide with 210 mph winds — bore down on Moore, Oklahoma. Briarwood Elementary sat directly in its path. Teacher Rhonda Crosswhite gathered her students into the hallway, covered them with her own body, and whispered over and over, "You are safe. I've got you." The ceiling collapsed. Walls disintegrated. Cars landed where classrooms had been.…
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