‘No Its Destroyed’ Edgewater Man Terrell Freeman Witnesses Childhood Home Turn Into Pile Of Debris

EDGEWATER, Md. (WJZ) — Terrell Freeman watched his puerility location crook into a heap of debris.

“We utilized to play connected that histrion arsenic younker arsenic young children and present it’s destroyed,” said Freeman.

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Wednesday’s tornado was truthful almighty it ripped disconnected roofs, crumbled chimneys, and took down trees.

“It’s brainsick 1 infinitesimal your location is lasting perfectly good and the adjacent the chimney is falling down breaks your car,” said 1 neighbor.

On Thursday the attraction turned towards cleaning up the messiness and crews worked to wide roads and reconstruct power.

“This indispensable beryllium what it’s similar erstwhile the country is bombed. I consciousness similar a weaponry had exploded and conscionable blown up everything,” said neighbor, Joyce Huey.

Neighbors similar Jan Lee came backmost to a location without a roof. “It mightiness beryllium 6 months earlier we get backmost into our homes,” said Jan Lee.

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Governor Hogan looked astatine the harm and promised to help. “It’s evidently devastating but it’s worse than radical would expect and we’re truthful thankful we didn’t person immoderate nonaccomplishment of life,” said Governor Hogan.

As galore enactment to prime up the pieces – neighbors similar Freeman besides privation to help, going doorway to doorway to manus retired essentials.

“This is the endurance battalion of waters and batteries and flashlights,” said Freeman.

Many are hoping that alleviation is astir the corner. “It reminds america however thankful we should beryllium due to the fact that it’s conscionable the histrion and conscionable the location and nary bodies were hurt,” said Freeman.

A assemblage assets halfway has been acceptable up astatine the Mount Olive Community Life Center for families to spell to if they request immoderate help.

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The Red Cross is besides helping – opening 2 catastrophe assistance centers successful Edgewater.

Kelsey Kushner