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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

O

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