A 10-year-old boy has been identified as one of six victims who died after powerful tornadoes ripped through Tennessee on Saturday.
Arlan Burnham died after his two-story Clarksville home collapsed, Clarksville Now and ABC affiliate WKRN-TV reported. Neighbor Billy Urban was able to pull Arlan and his sister Ella from the rubble, according to Clarksville Now. Unfortunately, only Ella survived.
“My beautiful boy, Arlan, couldn’t leave the house,” Arlan’s mom wrote in an emotional message on Facebook.
“Kyle and I are not well. We don’t know how to navigate this,” added Katherine Burnham. “We have no idea what’s next. Anyone who knows me at all knows how much I love and adore my children, all children in fact. I can’t put into words how completely devastated I am.”
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The boy’s father said on Facebook that the family is grateful for all the support so far.
“We really love everyone who helped,” Kyle wrote. “Our whole family was turned upside down.”
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Kyle’s co-worker, Brian Burkeen, created a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses as well as rebuilding the family home.
“The road to recovery will be long and arduous, both emotionally and financially,” read the message at the fundraiser, which had raised over $129,000 as of Monday morning.
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“As they grieve the loss of a dear family member, they must also contend with the daunting challenge of rebuilding their home and replacing the essentials lost in the tornado,” Burkeen wrote in a description of the fundraiser.
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Meanwhile, two more adults died in Clarksville, per Tennessean and New York Post.
Florida woman Gabriel Perez, 31, her 2-year-old son Anthony Elmer Mendez and Joseph Dalton, 37, died in Madison after Dalton’s mobile home flipped onto Perez’s during the storm, according to outlets.
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More than 18,000 homes and businesses were without power in Tennessee as of Monday morning, as temperatures are expected to stay below 50 degrees throughout the day, according to CNN.
“We have many families who are suffering and our hearts are especially heavy for those who have lost some and certainly for those who have lost [it] everything,” Montgomery County EMS Director Jimmie Edwards said, according to CNN.
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