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Oklahoma tornadoes: 'All I could do was sit there and hold her'
News | Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
Huddled together in a bathtub, Laurinda Vargyas held her baby girl and 4-year-old girl tight as the tornado began shaking apart their south Oklahoma City home Monday.
“We ducked for cover. And the next thing you know, we got whooshed away,” she said.
Her baby, Sydnee, and daughter, Karrina, were pulled from her. They did not survive.
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