{"id":1111581,"date":"2021-12-12T12:44:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T17:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1111581"},"modified":"2021-12-12T12:44:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T17:44:05","slug":"exclusive-residents-on-kentucky-tornado-damage-footage-ive-never-seen-destruction-like-this-in-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-residents-on-kentucky-tornado-damage-footage-ive-never-seen-destruction-like-this-in-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Residents On Kentucky Tornado Damage Footage: \u2018I\u2019ve Never Seen Destruction Like This In My Life\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-residents-on-kentucky-tornado-damage-footage-ive-never-seen-destruction-like-this-in-my-life%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1111581&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In wake of the horrific damage left by what is turning out to be one of the worst natural disasters to hit the Midwest and Kentucky in decades, The Daily Wire interviewed residents from Mayfield, Kentucky, on Saturday to hear their first-hand experience with one of the many tornadoes to wreak havoc across the interior United States.<\/p>\n<p>Early Saturday morning, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-massive-tornadoes-rip-through-kentucky-overnight-killing-at-least-50-state-of-emergency-declared\">reported<\/a> that Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY) told media that \u201cMultiple tornadoes have touched down and we have damage in \u2014 I believe&nbsp; \u2014 over a dozen Kentucky counties. The primary tornado was on the ground continuously for over 200 miles in our state, something we have never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have deaths in multiple \u2014 possibly many counties,\u201d the governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-massive-tornadoes-rip-through-kentucky-overnight-killing-at-least-50-state-of-emergency-declared\">added<\/a>. \u201cThe hardest-hit county appears to be Graves, where the city of Mayfield has been devastated. A roof collapse at a candle factory has resulted in mass casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The Daily Wire, one woman recounted her horrific ordeal Friday night in Mayfield, Kentucky, saying, \u201cI\u2019ve lived in the area since 1973. And I had a friend here last night that \u2014 I knew the tornado was touching down \u2014 and she lived in a mobile home and I begged her to get out of the mobile home \u2014 and she got into a building here that was owned by her boss and the building collapsed, but she is okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank God for that,\u201d she continued, \u201cAnd I\u2019ve never in my life seen destruction like this&nbsp; \u2014 never.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/candle-factory-destroyed-by-tornadoes-in-kentucky-trapping-more-than-100-people-inside\">reported<\/a> that the candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, had been completely obliterated by the tornado, leaving nothing but scrap metal and debris all around. The employees \u2014 including local prisoners who work at the factory \u2014 teamed together to help each other out:<\/p>\n<p><em>One factory employee, Kyana Parsons-Perez, was \u201ctrapped under five feet (about 1.5 meters) of debris for at least two hours until rescuers managed to free her,\u201d the AP reported. She told \u201cThe Today Show\u201d that this was the \u201cabsolutely the most terrifying\u201d thing she had ever experienced, adding, \u201cI did not think I was going to make it at all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Parsons-Perez explained that employees had been gathered in a section of the factory meant for storm emergencies. She said the lights started to flicker and \u201call of a sudden,\u201d they felt a gust of wind and her ears started popping as if she were in an airplane. She said everything started swaying and then the roof collapsed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAll I heard was screams,\u201d she said as images of the destruction was shown on screen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Parson-Perez also explained that some local prisoners worked at the factor as part of a work-release program with the prison, and that they were \u201cworking their tails off\u201d to help rescue their coworkers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey could have used that moment to try to run away or anything, but they did not. They were there, helping us,\u201d she said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The loss of life stemming from the band of tornadoes has risen to more than 80 feared dead on Sunday, and many fear it is likely to continue to rise.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday,&nbsp;President Joe Biden expressed that he was \u201cmonitoring the situation very closely since early this morning. This is likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. I want to emphasize what I told all the governors: The federal government will do everything \u2014 everything it can possibly do to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s exclusive footage and interviews can be seen here:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mayfield, Kentucky has been completely devastated by a massive tornado.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x_gdRfES3-o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In wake of the horrific damage left by what is turning out to be one of the worst natural disasters to hit the Midwest and Kentucky in decades, The Daily Wire interviewed residents from Mayfield, Kentucky, on Saturday to hear their first-hand experience with one of the many tornadoes to wreak havoc across the interior United States.Early Saturday morning, The Daily Wire reported that Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY) told media that \u201cMultiple tornadoes have touched down and we have damage in \u2014 I believe\u00a0 \u2014 over a dozen Kentucky counties. The primary tornado was on the ground continuously for over 200 miles in our state, something we have never seen before.\u201d\u201cWe have deaths in multiple \u2014 possibly many counties,\u201d the governor added. \u201cThe hardest-hit county appears to be Graves, where the city of Mayfield has been devastated. A roof collapse at a candle factory has resulted in mass casualties.\u201dIn an interview with The Daily Wire, one woman recounted her horrific ordeal Friday night in Mayfield, Kentucky, saying, \u201cI\u2019ve lived in the area since 1973. And I had a friend here last night that \u2014 I knew the tornado was touching down \u2014 and she lived in a mobile home and I begged her to get out of the mobile home \u2014 and she got into a building here that was owned by her boss and the building collapsed, but she is okay.\u201d\u201cThank God for that,\u201d she continued, \u201cAnd I\u2019ve never in my life seen destruction like this\u00a0 \u2014 never.\u201dOn Saturday, The Daily Wire reported that the candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, had been completely obliterated by the tornado, leaving nothing but scrap metal and debris all around. The employees \u2014 including local prisoners who work at the factory \u2014 teamed together to help each other out:One factory employee, Kyana Parsons-Perez, was \u201ctrapped under five feet (about 1.5 meters) of debris for at least two hours until rescuers managed to free her,\u201d the AP reported. She told \u201cThe Today Show\u201d that this was the \u201cabsolutely the most terrifying\u201d thing she had ever experienced, adding, \u201cI did not think I was going to make it at all.\u201dParsons-Perez explained that employees had been gathered in a section of the factory meant for storm emergencies. She said the lights started to flicker and \u201call of a sudden,\u201d they felt a gust of wind and her ears started popping as if she were in an airplane. She said everything started swaying and then the roof collapsed.\u201cAll I heard was screams,\u201d she said as images of the destruction was shown on screen.Parson-Perez also explained that some local prisoners worked at the factor as part of a work-release program with the prison, and that they were \u201cworking their tails off\u201d to help rescue their coworkers.\u201cThey could have used that moment to try to run away or anything, but they did not. They were there, helping us,\u201d she said.The loss of life stemming from the band of tornadoes has risen to more than 80 feared dead on Sunday, and many fear it is likely to continue to rise.On Saturday,\u00a0President Joe Biden expressed that he was \u201cmonitoring the situation very closely since early this morning. This is likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. I want to emphasize what I told all the governors: The federal government will do everything \u2014 everything it can possibly do to help.\u201dThe Daily Wire\u2019s exclusive footage and interviews can be seen here:[embedded content]The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1111581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}