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75-year-old woman, son survive flying through tornado in bathtub, report says
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As deadly storms slammed Southern states on Saturday, a twister reportedly tore into a home, tossing a 75-year-old woman and her son into the air as they huddled in a bathtub.
Miraculously, the pair survived.
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According to KSLA, Rickey Williams and his mother, Charlesletta, of Smithland, Texas, said their perilous ride began that evening after they watched a weather report about a possible tornado in the area.
"I don't know what it was is, but it started, 'Woo woo, woo,'" Charlesletta told KSLA.
Williams said he and his mother hurried to the bathroom, where they took refuge in the tub just before the tornado struck their home.
"The whole house started shaking," Williams told KSLA. "I heard, like, a 'poof,' and I knew the roof came off."
Then they were lifted into the air, spinning, Williams said.
Moments later, when they came down, it "felt like someone placed us on the ground," Williams told KSLA.
Mary Taylor, Charlesletta's daughter, believes a higher power was at work.
"God was watching over her," Taylor said.
ON KSLA NEWS 12 AT 6: A 75-year-old's bathtub ride to survival during ETX tornado https://t.co/3BbYDwI3nG pic.twitter.com/mbXlCaFAZJ
— KSLA News 12 (@KSLA) January 24, 2017
