East Alabama tornado survivor: ‘I thank the Lord’ for saving me

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March 4, 2019

One 72-year-old Beauregard woman’s faith has been strengthened in the midst of terrible tragedy.

Amid the rubble of what was her house just minutes before, Earnestine Reese thanked God for sparing her when two tornadoes tore through Lee County Sunday.

In a Facebook video, Reese, who has suffered a broken hip and will have surgery Monday morning, can be seen talking on FaceTime to her grandson who is away for college.

“I thank the Lord. You tell God ‘thank you God.’ You hear me? You hear me? Tell God thank you. Tell God thank you,” Reese told him.

Reese’s niece, Delrico Eiland, told CNN that this video is indicative of the woman’s faith.

“She’s telling [her grandson] to tell God ‘thank you’ for sparing her life,” Eiland explained. “She is a very strong woman.”

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Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn

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