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couple from the rubble and take
them to the hospital. “I thought we
were going to die,” says Lewis, 58.
When the pair returned to their
property three days after that awful
night last June, it was clear that what
remained of the house would need
to be torn down. But before Lewis
would let that happen, she wanted
one thing—her family Bible.

The Bible


That Beat a Tornado


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ne minute, Peggy Lewis and
her husband, Harris Lee, were
watching the trees blow in the
wind outside their home in Eureka,
Kansas. The next, they were sur-
rounded by swirling shards of glass
from the house’s broken windows. The
roof tore off. The walls caved in. After
the 152-mph tornado had passed, it
took a team of neighbors to pull the

By Juliana LaBianca

EVERYDAY MIRACLES


60 march 2019


Reader’s Digest


Illustration by Gel Jamlang
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