{"id":1114547,"date":"2021-12-13T12:59:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T17:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1114547"},"modified":"2021-12-13T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T17:59:19","slug":"college-fraternity-volunteers-after-kentucky-tornado-instead-of-just-sitting-at-home-we-wanted-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-fraternity-volunteers-after-kentucky-tornado-instead-of-just-sitting-at-home-we-wanted-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"College Fraternity Volunteers After Kentucky Tornado: Instead Of Just Sitting At Home, We Wanted To Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fcollege-fraternity-volunteers-after-kentucky-tornado-instead-of-just-sitting-at-home-we-wanted-to-help%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=1114547&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 an exclusive interview with The Daily Wire, an out-of-state college student detailed how he and his fraternity brothers rushed to help the victims of Mayfield, Kentucky, devastated by the tornado that swept through more than 200 miles in the state of Kentucky and killed dozens while destroying untold amounts of acres of property Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-residents-on-kentucky-tornado-damage-footage-ive-never-seen-destruction-like-this-in-my-life\">noted<\/a> on Sunday, The Daily Wire interviewed individuals in 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>On Saturday, 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&nbsp;<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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, CBS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/severe-weather-tornadoes-deaths-united-states-2021-12-13\/\">reported<\/a> the harrowing story about it was like inside a Mayfield candle factory when the tornado hit:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEverybody was falling to the bottom of the building,\u201d Barbara Tate, an employee at the Mayfield Consumer Products factory, told CBS News. \u201cAll you heard was screaming and hollering and people howling for \u2018help me, help me.\u2019 And you crying and want to help them, but you can\u2019t help them because you\u2019re trying to help yourself because you don\u2019t know you\u2019re going to live or die.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a series of interviews, videographers from The Daily Wire delivered on-the-ground footage just hours after the tornado had wrought havoc on Mayfield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m part of a fraternity at Murray State University \u2014 Alpha Sigma Phi&nbsp; \u2014 and so a group of us just came out, just wanted to volunteer,\u201d the unidentified man explained to The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m from out of state in Illinois, but we know a lot of friends and some of their families that are locals around here,\u201d he continued, \u201cSo we just wanted to help out and we asked some of our friends if they wanted to come out and help, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we figured we\u2019d give our time. You know, we don\u2019t have power or anything at home, so instead of just sitting at home, we wanted to come out and help the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen some pictures but the pictures don\u2019t do it justice,\u201d he explained while surveying the damage, \u201cIt\u2019s crazy just coming out and seeing it in the daytime and the nighttime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even recognize the town anymore,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the damage and devastation, one of the traits uniting those interviewed by The Daily Wire was the willingness to help others in need.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-footage-kentucky-tornado-survivor-says-first-thing-we-thought-of-was-helping-people\">reported<\/a> that one of the survivors in the tornado relied on God during the ordeal and thought of helping his neighbors as soon as it ended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just praying the whole time,\u201d he told the Daily Wire. \u201cIt happened so fast and then it was calm. Everybody got out, made sure everybody was okay, and the first thing you know that we thought of was getting out and helping people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s interview with the Murray State student 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?start=199&#038;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 an exclusive interview with The Daily Wire, an out-of-state college student detailed how he and his fraternity brothers rushed to help the victims of Mayfield, Kentucky, devastated by the tornado that swept through more than 200 miles in the state of Kentucky and killed dozens while destroying untold amounts of acres of property Friday night.As\u00a0noted on Sunday, The Daily Wire interviewed individuals in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Saturday to hear their first-hand experience with one of the many tornadoes to wreak havoc across the interior United States.On Saturday, 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\u00a0added. \u201cThe hardest-hit county appears to be Graves, where the city of Mayfield has been devastated.\u201dOn Monday, CBS reported the harrowing story about it was like inside a Mayfield candle factory when the tornado hit:\u201cEverybody was falling to the bottom of the building,\u201d Barbara Tate, an employee at the Mayfield Consumer Products factory, told CBS News. \u201cAll you heard was screaming and hollering and people howling for \u2018help me, help me.\u2019 And you crying and want to help them, but you can\u2019t help them because you\u2019re trying to help yourself because you don\u2019t know you\u2019re going to live or die.\u201dIn a series of interviews, videographers from The Daily Wire delivered on-the-ground footage just hours after the tornado had wrought havoc on Mayfield.\u201cI\u2019m part of a fraternity at Murray State University \u2014 Alpha Sigma Phi\u00a0 \u2014 and so a group of us just came out, just wanted to volunteer,\u201d the unidentified man explained to The Daily Wire.\u201cI\u2019m from out of state in Illinois, but we know a lot of friends and some of their families that are locals around here,\u201d he continued, \u201cSo we just wanted to help out and we asked some of our friends if they wanted to come out and help, too.\u201d\u201cSo we figured we\u2019d give our time. You know, we don\u2019t have power or anything at home, so instead of just sitting at home, we wanted to come out and help the community.\u201d\u201cI\u2019ve seen some pictures but the pictures don\u2019t do it justice,\u201d he explained while surveying the damage, \u201cIt\u2019s crazy just coming out and seeing it in the daytime and the nighttime.\u201d\u201cI don\u2019t even recognize the town anymore,\u201d he added.Despite the damage and devastation, one of the traits uniting those interviewed by The Daily Wire was the willingness to help others in need.On Sunday, The Daily Wire reported that one of the survivors in the tornado relied on God during the ordeal and thought of helping his neighbors as soon as it ended.\u201cI was just praying the whole time,\u201d he told the Daily Wire. \u201cIt happened so fast and then it was calm. Everybody got out, made sure everybody was okay, and the first thing you know that we thought of was getting out and helping people.\u201dThe Daily Wire\u2019s interview with the Murray State student 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-1114547","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\/1114547","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=1114547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114547\/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=1114547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1114547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1114547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}