Ida Cartlidge, right, her son Jakavien Cartlidge, left, and husband Charles Jones, who were injured while inside their mobile home when it was destroyed by a deadly tornado, talk about their experience in their room in the Rolling Fork Motel, where they are now living, in Rolling Fork, Miss., Tuesday, May 9, 2023. “It sounded like a real loud train coming through,” Cartlidge said. “And I could feel the wind, it was so powerful you couldn’t even breathe while you were in the …
July 28, 2023
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‘We were in the air.’ Mississippi family recounts surviving tornado that tore mobile home apart
The next thing Cartlidge remembers is lying with her back on the ground and the baby resting on her chest. He was the only member of the family who made it through the storm unscathed