'It gets harder every day.' For many in rural Kentucky, their Christmas gift is survival
CNN
Residents of western Kentucky are rallying around their neighbors who suffered the worst damage from the deadly tornado outbreak. But anxiety over the economic blows so many have suffered has also set in, with many beginning to confront the long process of recovery with more questions than answers.
"My front porch is laying over there on the other side of the road," he said, pointing to a splintered pile of rubble that had landed amid trees across a Kentucky state road when a deadly tornado hit the night of December 10.
Stutzman, 23, is part of the conservative Swartzentruber community of about 40 Amish families in the area. He and his wife survived the tornado — climbing into their basement just as their windows shattered.
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