After a Tornado Snatched a Baby From the Crib, the Outcome Stunned All
A violent gust lifted the bassinet into the air and carried it out of the collapsing home. Sydney’s boyfriend leapt instinctively to grab the child, but the same wind pulled him outside as well. Sydney clutched her toddler to her chest, shielding him as debris fell around them, the world becoming a blur of noise, splinters, and terror.
When the tornado finally passed, there was no home left — only scattered remains of what once had been. Sydney and her toddler managed to escape the rubble, bruised but alive. Her boyfriend survived too, though he had been thrown yards away by the force of the winds. But their baby was nowhere in sight.
Then — a cry.
They found the infant lodged safely in the branches of a fallen tree. The bassinet, carried by the storm like a leaf, had landed in a pocket of branches that protected rather than crushed him. Aside from minor bruising, the baby was unharmed.
Their home was gone. Their belongings were gone. But their family — all four of them — were alive.
