Fear in focus

What possesses people in the throes of a life or death emergency to think: “I’ve gotta get this on video!!” iReporter David Decker seems like a sharp young man, well spoken, polite – just an everyday normal guy… who happens to be OBSESSED with tornadoes. So you can imagine the internal struggle he must have experienced when a massive twister literally arrived on his doorstep in Windsor, Colorado. Does he run for cover or grab his camera? He chose the latter.

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David got lucky and we got an amazing “up close” few of this monster tornado. On this weekend’s show, David tells us, in his own words, what in the world he was thinking!!! You’ve gotta see his video.

Speaking of must see video…

A late addition to the show… a family in California now has a home movie they may never want to watch again. I’ve seen a lot of “wildfire videos” but nothing like this… my heart was racing from the moment I clicked play. Kathy Adams actually put her camera in the backseat of her family’s car as they fled their burning mountaintop home. Her video captures the raw emotion and fear as Kathy, her husband and young son tried to navigate through the smoke and flames surrounding their car. They lost everything in this wildfire and are now dealing with the tragedy. I spoke with Kathy’s husband Kenny, and he says they might share their story once the get their lives back on track. We wish them luck.