When the EF-4 tornado decimated parts of London, Kentucky, last week, many, like 23-month-old Parker, were asleep. His mother, however, was wide awake and listening as a killer tornado roared closer.
Due to an internet outage, Tara Hollifield said she didn’t receive the Tornado Warning on May 16 when the deadly tornado hit.
“For some reason, where we lived, we didn’t get any cell service,” she told FOX Weather. “So people were trying to message me telling me it was coming, but I wasn’t getting any of the messages. I heard it coming.”
Hollifield lived her worst nightmare when the tornado hit their home, and she couldn’t find her son.
“I didn’t know if he was dead or alive,” she said. “Thankfully, he was crying, and that’s how I was able to find him by listening, following his cry.”
Hollifield was able to reach Parker and pull him from the debris of their home.
Parker celebrates his 2nd birthday on May 30 and is doing OK after the storm. His mother was injured and has some scratches and bruises.
The Hollifields with their pet mini schnauzer named “Newt” who they initially could not find after the tornado but later rescued