Posted on 02/07/2008 5:53:54 AM PST by RDTF
CASTALIAN SPRINGS, Tenn., Feb. 6 -- The searchers had already gone over the field once.
It seemed unlikely that anything else would turn up. It was dark and rainy, and amid the awesome wreckage left by the tornado that had just passed here they had already found three dead. Some of the bodies had been flung hundreds of feet from their homes, landing in tangles of branches and across the roadway.
Then they stumbled upon Kyson.
The 11-month-old, dressed in a T-shirt and diaper, was lying as silently as any piece of debris in a field of tall grass about 100 yards from the now-leveled duplex where he once lived. He was face down in the mud, covered in bits of grass like many of those who had been cast about by the dozens of tornadoes that had careened across the South.
"It's not a baby doll -- it's alive," called out David Harmon, 31, an emergency worker from nearby Wilson County. He had first thought the boy was made of plastic.
Kyson, to the surprise of rescuers, had survived being tossed by winds that had not only flattened the brick post office next door but had killed his 23-year-old mother, throwing her several yards in the opposite direction, into some fallen trees.
"The baby was just shivering like this," said Keith Douglas, interim director of emergency medical services for Sumner County, who was on the scene, putting his fists to his chest, pressing his elbows to his sides. "He was cold and scared, and he had this blank look in his eyes."
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Oh my goodness! Prayers for baby Kyson!
Prayers for Kyson & the many other victims.
from article:
“He was found over 300 feet from his home, and that was demolished — I mean wiped clean.”
IIRC, there was a similar find of a live baby who survived a tornado hit a few months ago. That one may have been in Missouri.
The aftermath of tornadoes have all kinds of strange and mysterious finds.
In that massive F5 that hit OKC a few years ago, one house was completely demolished — except for a stand that had a coffee maker on it. The coffee maker carafe was filled with hot coffee.
bttt... prayers for this baby, and the many survivors and victims.
I remember the video from a few years back where a state trooper found an infant in a field as the sole survivor of his home being wiped out. Brought me to tears watching that man pick the child up and wiping its eyes and making sure it was breathing. The baby was reaching up for him for someone to hold on to.
His guardian angles were working overtime!
It's not that big of a deal, but I just don't understand why we insist on changing what is in the Bible. When you see people mourning a loved one, they talk of them becoming angels. Angels are created beings that don't have salvation through the blood of Jesus. There is an advantage to being a saved saint rather than being an angel that longs to understand why Jesus died for us and condemned 1/3 of the angels. When a person dies, they don't become an angel. Angels are able to travel between earth and heaven, saints in heaven cannot. Angels guard us, fight our battles, and fight evil beings in wars we don't even know about. Saints are resting in God's presence.
Mini rant over....now we can get back to praising God for His wonderful mercy and protection.
My sorrow brought about by this story turned to anger after reading the Washington Post readers’ comments; many said that they were just southerners, Bush voters, Christians, so they deserved it, and who cares, other variations on those themes. God help us if/when the libs take power. They are truly brimming with hate.
I think I’ll spare myself the rage by not reading the ignorant idiot’s comments. Unbelievable.
I think that was the F5 Moore Oklahoma tornado video—I have seen it several times, and I end up weeping every time the baby reaches her chubby little arms out to the officer! I believe the mother did survive—but the grandmother died.
I have spoken nearly identical words! I like the way Frank Peretti depicts angels in his first two books!
Good move, especially since it was more than one idiot. I hope it was just the same dirtbag using sockpuppets, but I don’t think so.
God’s got big plans for that little fella! Prayers for him.
And I'm not up to arguing about it.
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Well, they may be female (if they can be said to have gender at all). But that picture surely isn’t of Christian angels. Sexy, blonde, buxomous and Dianic? It seems a little like Mohammed’s promise of 72 virgins.
Well, they may be female (if they can be said to have gender at all). But that picture surely isn’t of Christian angels. Sexy, blonde, thin, buxomous and Dianic? It seems a little like Mohammed’s promise of 72 virgins.
Thank you for posting this story! Prayers have been lifted up for all in the path of those horrible storms, since they started their rampage night before last.
So many have lost loved ones, so many seriously hurt, so many homes destroyed! May He BLESS each precious soul in special ways.
IMHO, now is not the time to bicker about whether angels are male or female. Geesh!
did you see this?
Many prayers going out to the people who went through this sudden horror. Many of those who were spared their lives lost their homes and possessions and I can only imagine how devastated they are.
As for little Kyson, apart from the tragedy of losing his mother, he is lucky that he is alive, will have no memory of the event, and has grandparents that are young enough to raise him. I feel for the grandfather though, it must be very hard to find your daughter dead like that. He was probably hoping against hope all the way there that they would both be okay. My heart aches for them and all the others.
“But that picture surely isn’t of Christian angels.”
Too bad.
video here. Beautiful young woman, what a shame. Adorable baby!
Thanks. Prayers for the family & thanks that the little boy is alive.
Short version: Those aren't angels. They are putti. It's mostly centuries of sloppiness that's gotten them labeled angels.
your out of place ‘off topic’ wrecked this thread
thank you for the ping. What a miracle! Am I assume from your comments (and the obvious devastation) that this little baby’s parents are both dead? How awful. Thank the Lord that this little guy is alive. Again, thank you for the ping.
Do you really need to nitpick? Maybe that’s what some people believe, can’t you respect that right? Unfortunately, not everyone reads the bible. And among many that do, not all of them read it the way you do!
I have businesses near there.
The TEMA workers who found the baby were quite choked up when they stopped in to clean up afterwards at one of my washes.
but you can't resist
You're correct, in the Bible they're male and and they have strength. Perhaps some people are not aware of this.
Tell us the story!
I would love to hear the story, but that would be an invitation to an argument. I’d rather be deprived of the story than watch the inevitable insults.
I’ve been praying for all those affected by these tornadoes. Another prayer is on the way for this precious babe and his family.
I wasn't the one that put blonde women up as angels and somehow inferred they were sacred. Doesn't the Jesus figure like women that aren't blonde? Why don't we just tie a yellow ribbon around an oak tree, or better yet wear one. That would show our solidarity with the storm victims. Oh, and don't forget to light a candle, that's sure to help them.
No I had not heard this story or seen the video. Thank you very much!!! God will provide for that child. Has already done so miraculously. Thank God for loving grandparents. Prayers continue for those who have lost loved ones and everything they owned and for all the devastation. Am glad President Bush will be coming to TN today.
you are an ignorant fool. Your blinded self righteous behavior couldn’t even let you apologize for ruining this thread. I have no interest in communicating with you.
And I don't believe they are only caucasian or blonde either, but thats my mini rant.
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