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Mom in labor as twister destroys hospital

When a devastating tornado touched down in Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon, Shayla Taylor was on the upper floor of the local hospital, in active labor with her second child. “We were all just sitting there holding each other’s hands and praying,” Taylor, 25, told NBC News.

Third-grade pals died together, holding hands

A 9-year-old girl killed by the Oklahoma tornado will be laid to rest Thursday with her family taking comfort in the belief that she was with her best friend when she died.

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