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Angels performing ballet. Unbelievable, I thought. This can’t be real.

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I was lying on my side wrapped around a tree like a koala bear looking straight up into the eye of an F-4 tornado. And the debris at the top of the funnel looked just like angels gracefully performing ballet.

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This photo was taken April 11 and shows North Boulevard Church of Christ minister David Young standing at the spot where he emerged from the riverbank after the tornado the day before.

How ironic. Those few seconds in the eye of the tornado may have been the most peaceful seconds of my life. It felt transcendental and sweet.
That is, until the back wall of the tornado slammed against me, hurling two-by-fours, trees, and sheet metal at 200 miles per hour.
Here I was caught on the trail in the middle of a tornado.
I saw the wall of the tornado top the crest of the slope and slam into me.
The sound was amazing, and the power incredible.
Everything around me, including the ground, was shaking.