A Touching Story: Miracle Baby Survives

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I think many here at MyLot have heard or are aware of the horrific devastation that recently occurred in the southern states here in the US. In many cases without warning tornadoes touched down in the states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Alabama, with the death toll so far being near 60 people. In a flash, peoples homes and lives were shattered, but amidst all this destruction a miracle occurred. When rescuers were going through the rumble of one area of CASTALIAN SPRINGS, Tenn. a firefighter, David Harmon, who had already gone through the area without finding anything or anyone, came across what he thought was a toy baby doll. But then he saw the "doll" move....it turned out to be 11-month old Kyson Stowell who was lying face down in the mud, 150 yards from where his home once stood. According to the article I read... (Quote) ..." The field had already been combed once for survivors, and finding anyone alive seemed improbable. Hours after the storm, there was devastation everywhere: The body of the boy's mother was found in the same field, houses were wiped to concrete slabs and a brick post office was blown to bits. But except for a few scrapes, Kyson was fine... .. Back in Castalian Springs, there was good news to celebrate. Baby Kyson was discharged from a hospital and was in the care of his grandparents. He had scrapes and gashes on his cheek and by his big blue eyes, but otherwise was fine. Clinging to his grandmother, he fussed a little - something he normally does at naptime. As word the tornado was coming spread through the community Tuesday, the Stowells called their their 23-year-old daughter Kerri warning her to take cover. In a phone call with her fiance's sister, Kerri said she was bracing for the storm in the bathtub, clutching her baby to her side. The phone cut out as Kay Stowell and her daughter spoke. Then came an ominous voicemail - no words, just the sound of wind. It took two hours for the Stowells to drive around the downed trees and power lines and make the four-mile trip to Kerri's home- or what was left of it. It was during that time that rescuers Harmon and Karl Wegner decided to give the pasture one last look. When the Stowells made it to the scene, the first thing Douglas Stowell saw was a firefighter holding the baby. Not long thereafter, another emergency worker showed Stowell a photo of a body found nearby. He confirmed it was his stepdaughter. "If it had been both of them, I couldn't have handled it," he said. Kerri Stowell's fiance, 22-year-old Charles Scott, believed she tried to keep her son safe as the storm closed in. "She would have given her life trying to protect that baby," he said...." The entire article is here: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=5942642 Yes, it's bittersweet that this little baby's mother died trying to protect her child, but a miracle that the baby did survive to begin with, given the odds of such of tornado. I don't know about you but it's heartwarming to know that among such tragedies that can occur in life, to hear a story like this is truly a miracle