tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post5778789254826852533..comments2024-03-28T14:54:34.646-05:00Comments on MSE CREATIVE CONSULTING BLOG: 53rd Anniversary of the Ruskin Heights TornadoMike Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17435605216805307424noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-83000072829316751922010-05-21T07:54:44.656-05:002010-05-21T07:54:44.656-05:00Hank, thank you for sharing your story. You are co...Hank, thank you for sharing your story. You are correct, there were many heroes that evening. <br /><br />I was at the 2007 commemoration and it was quite moving. Thanks again!Mike Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17435605216805307424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-16332045011222744532010-05-20T23:04:58.100-05:002010-05-20T23:04:58.100-05:00I am a survivor of this horrific event. We lived i...I am a survivor of this horrific event. We lived in Hickman Mllls on Oakley. It leveled our neighborhood-Lawndale-Oakley-Drury, killed my 4 month sister Linda Stewart and left my mother and I for dead. I arrived at St. Joseph's Hospital DOA, where a brilliant doctor named Dr. Cooper and an incredible nursing staff worked feverlishly to save my life. I was in a comma for a few days, lost, could only utter one word my unique nickname. I was 4 years old, and friends notified my parents where I was from a TV broadcast. I spent months in the hospital from extreme life threatening injuries. At the 2007 memorial ceremony, many of the old neighborhods kids and I saw each other after many years, and the Lawndale-Oakley-Drury Gang was back together. Many hereos that night. I have met several of the survivors and my story along with theirs paints a very scary monster. Our house imploded as we were on the first step to the basement. This is my earliest childhood memory and I remember it like it happened yesterday. I was found 400 feet away on Lawndale with many,many injuries. This day a quite emotional day for me and my family.Hank Stewart,Jrnoreply@blogger.com