Decatur first responders recall pulling people from storm debris [Video]

THOSE WHO RISKED THEIR OWN SAFETY TO HELP OTHERS. CHIP? TREES WERE BLOCKING MANY OF THE ROADWAYS LEADING TO THOSE WHO WERE TRAPPED, FORCING SOME FIRST RESPONDERS TO WALK LONG DISTANCES TO GET TO THE PEOPLE MOST IN NEED. AND THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS DIDN’T THINK TWICE ABOUT WALKING INTO BADLY DAMAGED HOMES TO PULL PEOPLE TO SAFETY. THIS IS CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOT BY DECATUR POLICE CHIEF STEPHEN GRIZZLE JUST A SHORT TIME AFTER VIOLENT WEATHER MOVED THROUGH HIS COMMUNITY. (Chief Stephen Grizzle, Decatur Police Department) “It’s hard to describe the destruction that we saw because it’s pitch black. It’s still storming. There is no power at all.” MAKING A DANGEROUS MISSION EVEN MORE DANGEROUS WITH THE INABILITY TO CLEARLY SEE FALLEN POWER LINES. (Chief Joey Gunter, Decatur Fire Department) “Then, once we got about a mile outside of town, I figured out that this was bigger than I thought. …