Lee Woods in front of the MEMA cottage that replaced his home that was destroyed in the storm. Woods was paralyzed from the waist down.By JASON PATTERSON
Managing Editor

As the April 24 tornado was closing in on Rogers Road, Lee Woods noticed that his neighbors seemed unaware of the danger.
The children next door were tossing makeshift kites into the wind and watching the force snatch them into the air, not realizing that the entire neighborhood was about to be demolished.
As Woods helped get them to safety the tornado slammed him into the front porch, smashing his shoulder. He managed to get inside the mobile home and shut the door, but the tornado hurled the home into the air. -------for the rest of the story see The Yazoo Herald printed edition or subscribe to the Digital Edition.----------