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Horrific: 4-Year-Old Boy Ripped From Mother’s Arms During Tornado, Dies

As the death toll from Friday’s tornado wave across the Midwest continues to rise, the story of one particularly chilling and tragic death has emerged: That of a 4-year-old boy who was literally ripped out of his mother’s arms.

It happened Friday in Jefferson County in southern Indiana, local NBC affiliate WAVE-TV reported. Family friend Tony Williams said 4-year-old Daylin Terry Jackson was in a basement with his mother, Amanda Jackson, when the storm hit around 3 p.m. local time.

The boy’s mother and sister both survived. His great-grandparents, who were upstairs, did not.

“She was in the cellar with the boy when the tornado hit. It blew him right out of her hands,” Williams said, according to Reuters. “They found the bodies in the field outside.”

 

“We lost a very good farmer, a good neighbor and his wife their great grandbaby,” Williams told ABC.

Amanda Jackson had surgery Friday night and is in the hospital.

Comments (51)

  • Blazen420
    Posted on March 5, 2012 at 8:28am

    Tim, This happened in the middle of the day…The dad was probably working you moron. That is something you probably don’t understand, work.
    I live close to this area and have witnessed the destruction at this location first hand….It is so sad. Please pray for their families.

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 4:15pm

    God, please bless this family. Show your mercy, Lord. Broken hearts don’t heal easily.

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  • Judeo_Christian
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:16am

    Eternal light shine upon them O Lord, and grant them peace!

    Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee,
    Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus!
    Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at hour of our death.

    Amen

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  • Brooke Lorren
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 3:18am

    This makes me thankful that I have had five great years with my little boy, and that he is still with me.

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  • ArmyWifeNiz
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 2:46am

    My heart aches for that poor woman. I don’t know if I would ever recover from having my child ripped from my arms and killed by a tornado. I would never stop blaming myself, and I know this poor woman will have to live the rest of her life with that kind of guilt. My condoleances to her and her family, I pray that someday the pain will lessen for her.

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    • Faith in God
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 8:59am

      that would be terrible….I hope she can come to grips and know that her son is in heaven.

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  • LolaB
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:22pm

    I have been praying for the victims of these storms, but some people have commented on why these stories are on the blaze…these stories should WAKE everyone up and realize that life is short and that we all need to get right with God. Who knows, it might be your town next.

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  • readyfornov
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:12pm

    I know we are not suppose to question God’s wisdom but it sure makes one wonder why something as tragic as this family has to go through happens and how people like Sandra Fluke is still in existence.
    I know he says He won‘t bring you to it if he can’t bring you through it but I wouldn’t want to go through what these people have had to endure.

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    • PaxInVeritate
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 2:48am

      @READYFORNOV
      I understand the confusion as to why bad things are happening to these communities, especially to innocents such as this young boy. As tragic and heartbreaking as it is for this family and the communities which have suffered terribly, Sandra Fluke needs your prayers for the conversion of her soul, not your condemnation. God desires all His children to be with Him, even those whom one would deem unworthy.

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  • davetrav
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:44pm

    God Bless them All

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    • WYOMING4EVER
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:42am

      Everyone please pray for these families, I grew up in this area and these are very good people. These families went through a similar storm season in 1973. Several of the school bus drivers unloaded their student in business and private residences to protect them.

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  • audiemurphy
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:27pm

    My prayers and thoughts go out to the family members who survived : may god grant them the wisdom and comfort so that they may deal with the sorrow having so tragically lost their son and parents. I know those lost will be waiting to greet you at the ens of your mortal probation we call life.

    And to the Blaze: as a father of a four yr old this story is disturbing ! truly negative and does nothing to enlighten me anymore about the death and destruction caused by the storms. I do wish I never seen the headline.

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 7:20pm

      as a great grandmother of two toddlers I feel the same way.

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 7:36pm

      I agree with both of you that it very upsetting whenever a child is hurt or killed. I see the headline and tend to not read it. Abortion ,a car accident, a drowning, a child’s death from shaken-baby syndrome. Its all very sad.

      I look at my 3 y/o gr-son and can‘t imagine how devastated we’d be if anything happened to him. He’s so cute and smart.
      This one was unavoidable. Too bad.

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    • Want our country back
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:28pm

      Heartbreak…. our prayers are with the family

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    • virgie morgan
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 1:50am

      I can understand how you feel, but do we really want the media deciding that we are not smart or mature enough to know the truth? Isn’t that what they are doing when they refuse to show the twin towers and 9/11 stuff because American’s “just can’t handle it” They want us to forget it so that history can be rewritten about it. This is a tragic story but I personally feel that we should be the ones to decide if we want to read it or not. To some this may be a wake up call to remind them of how much time they are wasting in not being with and appreciating their own family or friends in their lives. God can bring blessings out of tragedys, you just never know.

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  • PinkDog
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:20pm

    Dear God! how hard are our hearts. All the judging. Who do you think you are? These are winds that leave flowers standing in a vase on the floor. Winds that drive a straw though a fencepost and that leave figurines still sitting on a shelf in a building with only one wall and no roof. Leave the woman alone in her grief. Someday you too, may find yourself with no answers, only questions.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:33pm

      Oh your hearts are really, really hard, because they should have been turned to mush when you were very young but they were not. They just got harder and harder.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:36pm

      And if your heart stays hard throughout, then you belong to the devil and all his rivers and streams.

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  • Razorhunters
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:56pm

    btw,
    with all the death’s…blaze just picked this one…pretty dam ghoulish.

    Razorhunters  
  • raninaO
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:53pm

    I pray for God’s comfort and love to surround this mother and her family…what a tragedy….My heart hurts for them….

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  • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:53pm

    Our lives, the lives of our children, our extended family, our friends, our acquaintances, our neighbors and so on… these precious lives can be ripped away and silenced in a mere second. We know what we need to do every day to show our appreciation for those around us and afar. Take the time.

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  • In detroit
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:52pm

    If a leader harken to lies all his servants are wicked , Ol yeah this is the kind of thing that happens when you elect the Devil aka Bary Sotoro aka Dumbo as president keep those poor folks in prayer what a mess :(

     
    • Ookspay
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 7:03pm

      I know, I remember the Bush years, no tornadoes then, sheesh!

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  • Richard Compton
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:45pm

    My most sincere thoughts and prayers go out to the family and realitives, may they be comforted by the knowledge that their loved one is with their Heavenly parents, they are at peace and wholly loved, may their family find peace in that knowledge, sincerly.

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  • noland
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:44pm

    May God have Mercy on us all and Help this little family and the many others . We need YOU Lord please foegive us of Our Sins Against YOU! Heavenly Father Amennnn!

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:21pm

      You’re almost there. Have you ever thought about God’s needs even once? The Lord doesn’t keep people around because the universe needs them. The Bible belt my behind. Doesn’t it make sense that the Lord punishes those the most who are supposed to be the closest to him?

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  • gothope
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:44pm

    Buy a emergency alert radio this hit in the afternoon and they saw it coming. tragic sometimes there is no where safe to go but laying in your bed sleeping defintely not the right place. That poor womann.

     
    • WYOMING4EVER
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 1:08pm

      She was in the basement of a very large brick house with her children.

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  • momrules
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:43pm

    We are going to hear a lot of sad stories about these storms but this is one of the saddest. God be with the Mom and the rest of the family.

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  • AmericanStrega
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:43pm

    This is very sad. We live in Tornado Alley and have prepared as we’ve been instructed, but this woman and her children were in the basement and the child was still lost. It’s really sad. Our prayers for this woman and for all who are effected.

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  • CatB
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:41pm

    That poor mother .. I can’t bear to think what she is going through .. may God help her. Prayers going out to all.

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  • AzDebi
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:40pm

    My God My God My God…We must pray for all of these victims. I started to complain about something this morning and immediately caught myself by remembering that not only have these people fallen victim to the same economic crush all of the rest of us have had to endure, but now, what they did have (including the lives of their loved ones) has been tragically ripped away…

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:30pm

      We were whining this morning about the fact our company gas bill jumped $1K and then read about the deaths due to tornadoes. Suddenly life came back into focus! Our prayers and thoughts are with everyone affected by this tragedy.

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:40pm

    It just sucked him right out of her arms just like ‘snap’ that? Where‘s the child’s dad?

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  • AxelPhantom
    Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:36pm

    I can’t even imagine the pain of that mother, but I pray she finds peace eventually, so hard, so sad.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:43pm

      I agree AXEL
      My prayers are with this family.
      I survived a tornado in Louisville Ky many years ago.
      People don’t realize how quick and furious those storms are.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:50pm

      Trust me, she doesn’t have a lot of pain, and she’s more worried about her things.

      Itsjusttim  
    • Razorhunters
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:54pm

      pretty dam harsh tim…

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:02pm

      Razorhunters,
      How so? I guess I could look at it through your insane eyes, and not rationalize it. But then I wouldn’t wonder why the wind was strong enough to break her grip on her piece of “light”, and yet not strong enough to lift her up and out, or even strong enough to break her own grip protecting her own life. Like I said: who’s the daddy?

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    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:27pm

      Just Tim,
      So let’s see one woman, two children. Choice: Loosing grip on one, do I let go of the other one go as well to get a better grip on the first one and possibly lose both?

      The mother was heavier than the child and would not be as easily lifted up, but the other child probably would have had she let go.

      Just because you would be more concerned about your things, it is incorrect to assume that anyone else would share your vapid concerns.

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    • I.Gaspar
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:44pm

      timmy: you are one sick puppy.
      You need help.

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    • Razorhunters
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 7:03pm

      tim ,
      do you even know what a tornado is…
      wtf, 1min you are fairly rationale…the next you are speaking in tongues

      lay off the peyote.

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on March 3, 2012 at 7:25pm

      @Itsjusttim
      I‘m very sorry about whatever happened with your dad but you’re letting it make you look like a some kind of monster here.

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    • WYOMING4EVER
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 1:15pm

      Tim unless you have survived a tornado Shut Up. This is a very loving family that has to deal with burying a child and parents. Please be respectful!! Tornados destroy in mysterious ways ex destroy entire subdivisions and leave one house with no damage and toys in the yard.

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