Jenkins Road & Standifer Gap recovery

A dad says he moved the nursery in his home just weeks before a tornado hit and it may have saved lives.

We go back to Standifer Gap and Jenkins Road to check on the recovery.

Hospital.

Neighborhoods near jenkins road and standifer gap road were some of the hardest hit areas from sunday's tornado.

Many residents area working to move forward with whatever they can salvage.

News 12's winston reed spoke to neighbors in that community to see how they're handling the damage.

: residents recall sunday's tragic storm as one of the scariest moments in their lives.

"i mean it was like 3 minutes and it was just total chaos."

Derek steele received a call from his mom.

She told him her house in the middle shambles in the middle of the storm.

"i was getting my family in our basement and once everything blew over it was just you know i gotta get to my mom."

Officials say the property damage and overall destruction is jarring.

"devastation is horrible.

Home after home destroyed.

It has to be way way up in the millions."

Caleb is know how lucky he is to still have his baby boy.

"this was the nursery 2 weeks ago.

My wife likes to change the house around but this was the nursery 2 weeks ago.

So if he would have been in here i think it could have been a lot worse."

Despite the horrible aftermath, no one l in this community has to recover alone.

"i got students here helping and co-workers and a lot of people grace academy where i teach."

"we're out here trying to help the community and trying to get this place rebuilt and build it better than it ever was."

"we are here to support, to help.

To do whatever we can.

We're a tight knit community."

Standup: "for neighbors who have minor to moderate damage, the rebuilding stage is expected to be weeks to even months.

For the homes that are unsalvageable the road to recover is even longer.

Reporting in chattanooga, winston reed, news 12 now."

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