Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Tornado victim Mya Grimes survived being sucked from her car after a deadly tornado passed through St. Louis on May 16, 2025. How did the experience change her? Her mother, Tina Grimes, was hundreds of miles away working when she got her daughter's frantic call. "It took me! It took me," was all she could say before the phone went dead. Mother and daughter bring us up to date on their healing journey and remarkable progress.

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