“Tiles and concrete started falling,” he said. Walls imploded. “Everyone started running, so I just dropped to the ground. I got in a fetal position, and the concrete slab fell on top of me.”
Mark Saxton showed up for work 30 minutes early, as he always does, greeted friends and got down to business. As a forklift operator at Mayfield Consumer Products' candle factory, he loads and unloads trucks.
A couple of miles away, near downtown, Saxton’s wife and six children were in just as much danger. As they hid in the closet of their one-story house, the storm ripped away the roof and parts of the walls.Neighbors managed to ensure his family's safety, and nobody died.Saxton survived the direct hit with minor cuts and bruises. He was pulled out with only scrapes on his back and an arm.
Before the tornado hit, they had joked about how enjoyable and easy their jobs were — compared with other, harder jobs they’d had in the past. He said he will never forget Daniels.
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