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Tennessee Bears Brunt of Deadly Storms

NPR | By Audie Cornish
Published April 4, 2006 at 6:00 AM EDT
Friends and family gather outside of the home which was picked up and carried 20 feet by a tornado while a mother and her son were inside on Monday outside Newbern, Tenn. Both survived the storm.
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Friends and family gather outside of the home which was picked up and carried 20 feet by a tornado while a mother and her son were inside on Monday outside Newbern, Tenn. Both survived the storm.

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