Victims and volunteers work to clean up after devastating tornado hits London

LONDON, Ky. (FOX 56) — It has been two days since the devastating tornado in southern Kentucky did a 180 on many families’ lives.

The Kentucky Prime football team drove from Danville to the scene of mayhem before Sunday’s practice.

They searched through piles of wood and upended appliances to find items that families could keep out of much that is unsalvageable.

“I’m happy to come out here, but also it’s sad at the same time to see all these people go through what they are doing, and it’s very painful,” Brayden Adams, right guard.

Within seconds, Edwina and David Wilson’s home was gone, David still at a loss for words.

His son, Zach Wilson, said, “If you see the pictures of where they were nestled into a little cubbyhole in the hallway.”

In a week, it was supposed to be one of the happiest days in their son Zach’s and his fiancée’s lives.

“We found my suit jacket that I was supposed to get married in. Mom’s torn all into pieces, you know how moms are, so there is no explanation,” Zach said.

Zach said after hearing another storm could be coming, his parents managed to get across the street to Sunshine Hill Baptist Church for better shelter, tucking into the basement.

The church his dad is familiar with because he helped build it around 40 years ago.

The top of the church is spread throughout the neighborhood.

Tracy Casada, Pastor Michael Casada’s wife, said some of the church’s belongings stretched dozens of miles.

“The back of the basement, that’s all that is standing,” Tracy said.

The church piano is one of the few items that stood tall.

“It is standing on top of walls that it shouldn’t be, and I have no idea how to explain how this piano exists today when the rest of the whole entire church is demolished, but we are going to try to save it,” Tracy said.

She said, although they are left to pick up the pieces also, members are helping others with faith at the forefront.

“Trying to listen to people’s stories, help them, pray with them, help them process the information and the things that’s going on as best as we can,” Tracy said.

Family, old high school friends, and even strangers—volunteers are continuing to step up; people say this help will be needed for some time.