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Child survives tornado sweep

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MIRACLE AMID TRAGEDY: Kerri Stowell and her son Kyson in this file photo.

Castalian Springs (U.S.): At first, rescuers thought it was a doll. Then it moved.

In a grassy pasture strewn with toys, splintered lumber and bricks tossed by the tornado’s widespread wrath, 11-month-old Kyson Stowell was lying face down in the mud, 150 metres from where his home once stood.

“It looked like a baby doll,” said David Harmon, a firefighter who had already combed the field once looking for survivors. Then he checked for a pulse. “He was laying there motionless... and he took a breath of air and started crying.”

The field had already been combed once for survivors, and finding anyone alive seemed improbable. Hours after the storm, there was devastation everywhere. The body of the boy’s mother was found in the same field, houses were reduced to concrete slabs and a brick post office was blown to bits. But except for a few scrapes, Kyson was fine. — AP

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