Dramatic photos show rescuers pulling a couple from the rubble of their suburban Nashville home, destroyed by the tornadoes that ripped through Tennessee early Tuesday.
Bill and Shirley Wallace’s home in Mt. Juliet collapsed on them, trapping them under the wreckage, the Tennessean reported.
Rescuers work to free Bill and Shirley Wallace from their home in tornado-ravaged Mt. Juliet. APOne image of the rescue showed Bill reaching an arm out to the workers who freed him and his wife.
Another photo showed Shirley being carried in the arms of a rescuer, before she was taken for medical attention.
Billy Wallace hugs his father Bill after a tornado ripped through the neighborhood, destroying his father’s home.APBill’s son Billy Wallace was also pictured hugging his dad tightly following the rescue.
Billy had called his parents to warn them about the twisters, and the couple went down to their basement, where they became trapped.
Bill Wallace reaches out to rescue workers who freed him from his home, which collapsed on him and his wife Shirley and trapped them under rubble.APDozens of other buildings were flattened by the twister, an EF-3 that ripped through East Nashville with up to 140 mph winds. It also destroyed the tower and stained glass of the historic Hopewell Baptist Church, which had been there since 1823.
The other tornado damaged more than 100 structures in Putnam County.
The death toll steadily climbed as first responders sorted through the wreckage, reaching 25 by Tuesday afternoon.
With Post wires
