A family of four have been killed by the monster tornado that roared through Oklahoma on Monday, claiming 24 lives, with dozens still missing, feared dead and hundreds of people injured.
The family, who have not yet been identified, were killed as they scrambled to seek shelter from the storm in a freezer, KFOR reported.
It was one of many heartbreaking stories that emerged in the hours after a deadly tornado ripped through the town of Moore along with incredible tales of survival.
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Devastation: Two girls stand in rubble after a two mile-wide tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma Into the light: A family leaves an underground bunker in the wake of the destruction caused by the natural disasterA parent's worst nightmare: A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School
237 people are still being treated at hospital with many suffering critical injuries. Dozens of homes were flattened and people began the slow process of trying to re-piece together their lives.
Lando Hite, found shirtless and covered in dirt by a KFOR reporter, was trudging along what was left of his horse farm.
He told the station: 'I lost everything. We might have one horse left out of all of them.'
He added that he sought refuge in one of the horse stables and waited out the storm. When the storm passed, about 100 of his horses were dead.
He described the tornado was 'unbearably loud' and 'straight out of the movie Twister.'
Appearing on KFOR, one woman credited her son’s teacher at Briarwood Elementary School, with saving her son’s life.
She said that Cynthia Lowe, who teaches first grade, lifted a wall off the boy as the tornado pummeled the school.
Relief: A child calls to his father after being pulled from the rubble of the Tower Plaza Elementary School. Right, an American flag sways in the wind Loss: A man with his children surveys the damage. He has only owned the home for two months Destruction: A child's doll on the curb among the wreckage Devastation: A fire burns in the Tower Plaza Addition in Moore, Oklahoma, following a huge tornado Valor: Rescue workers help free injured survivors of the storm in Moore after a tornado tore through the area Hope after the storm: Rescue workers help free one of the 15 people that were trapped at a medical building at the Moore hospital complex Emergency services workers pull a woman out from under tornado debris at the school Dejected and exhausted people are seen next to a damaged house and vehicles in Moore, Oklahoma An EMT helps an elderly woman from her home in the tornado aftermath Debris: This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Oklahoma Path of destruction: This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore Debris: The deadly storm laid waste to hundreds of Oklahoma homes in its pathBrady, a sixth grade student at Briarwood, said that he and other students ran into a bathroom to escape from the storm.
'Cinderblocks and everything collapsed on them but they were underneath so that kind of saved them a little bit, but I mean they were trapped in there,' he told KOCO-TV.
One woman who was overcome with emotion, told CBS affiliate KWTV: 'Everything is gone... Our whole house is gone.'
She got into a bathtub with her young children and had to grab her daughter’s hair as the strong winds tried to pull her away.
Steve Wilkerson told CNN that he is in shock over what happened.
Aid: A woman is treated for her injuries at a triage area set up for the woundedHorror: This man, identified as 'Lando,' took refuge in a horse stable as the storm loomed, and described it as something 'right out of the movie Twister
'[I] can’t believe it happened. We had about 30 minutes to evacuate. It happened real fast... It's unreal.'
One woman in Moore said she and other neighbors tried desperately to find any survivors, but were met with tragedy.
She told KFOR: 'We just started grabbing and throwing debris to get anybody out. And we successfully got people out, just not alive.'
One mother spoke of her desperation as she tried to round up her family after the tornado hit, and her relief when she realized they were OK.
She told CNN: 'As soon as I walked through the building I mean I was a little hysterical. I was running through the building barefoot and just screaming their names and each one of my kids stood up and they came with me.'
Safe and sound: This mother spoke of her desperation as she tried to round up her family after the tornado hit, and her relief when she realized they were OK. Mother: This woman got into a bathtub with her young children and had to grab her daughter's hair as the strong winds tried to pull her away Before and after: The Plaza Towers Elementary School was decimated by the force of the tornado
Another woman in Moore, Elizabeth, told KFOR that she was on her way to work as the storm was looming, and decided to turn around and return home - for her dog.
She told the station: 'I was actually speeding on the highway - and the cops can give me tickets I don’t care.
Elizabeth got home right in the nick of time, and was able to get into a bathtub with her dog Ginger as the twister struck her home.
She was thrown around by the wind – and hit her head – but she’s thankful that she and her dog survived.
'I mean, risking my life for an animal – I don't have a problem doing it because I’m an animal person.'
It was good news for Barbara Garcia, who survived the tornado but was horrified when her dog did not answer her calls.
But during an interview with CBS News, she found her dog – alive – under the heavy rubble that was once her home.