87-Year-Old Aiken County Man Says He's Lucky to Be Alive After Friday Tornado

Wagener, SC --

In a rural area, not far from the town of Wagener, clean-up is underway.

Here, Friday?s storm snapped trees like they were toothpicks, and tore through 87-year-old Virbraschi Aversa?s home like it was nothing.

?The destruction is terrible and the destruction is fast,? said Aversa.

The tornado ripped through the front door, which it still bolted and locked. It ripped the roof off more than half of the house and destroyed everything inside, but luckily, Vibraschi was in the only room where the ceiling didn?t cave in. He says he was inside the kitchen unloading groceries when it hit.

?Any other room, like I said and I would be dead,? he said.

As Verbrashi sifts through the rubble, picking up whatever he can salvage of his home, he decides he is lucky. ?I?m blessed,? he said.

His neighbors, friends, and family help to clean up much of the debris, but there is still a lot of work to be done.

Source: http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2012/feb/25/2/tornado-clean-87-year-old-says-hes-lucky-be-alive-ar-3300096/

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