Woman Talks to WAKA about Losing Brother in Autauga County Tornado
Stephanie Brown isn’t worried about losing her home in the tornado that hit Autauga County. She just wishes she still had her brother.
Brown talked to WAKA about losing her youngest brother when the storm hit Thursday.
“He was in his mobile home and they say the tornado picked the mobile home up, it exploded and he hit the ground,” she said.
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That happened in the Old Kingston area of Autauga County where seven people were killed. There is an area of about two acres where four generations of the same family lived in mobile homes until the tornado hit.
Others were more fortunate, like Vicky Desedare and her family. They were in a closet when the tornado sucked out the windows and the contents of their bedroom.
Their parent’s house right next door was blown from its foundation but their parents survived. Everything on the property is demolished but they are left with their lives intact.
“We just rode it out, me and my daughter-in-law. We were just screaming prayers, ‘Please, Jesus keep us alive.'”
Brown will be rebuilding her life without her brother. But she says her faith will carry her through.
“We didn’t come here to stay, and I know my God don’t make mistakes.”
