The twister that hit Mayfield, Kentucky, crossed 200 miles, demolished 1,000 homes and killed at least 70 people — but a local nursing home experienced something of a miracle amid the storm when it didn’t lose a single one of its 74 residents.
There were many providences in this story, including the fact that the Mayfield Health and Rehabilitation nursing home had practiced a tornado drill Friday afternoon in light of the impending storm.
Later that day, around 9 p.m., the staff of 20 realized the facility was right in the path of the oncoming tornado, so they started bringing residents to the center of the building…