Oklahoma EF-3 Tornado News: Toilet Bowl Saves Teenage Boy's Life From a Tornado
A toilet bowl served more than just a depository of human waste and excess body fluids after it saved a life of an autistic boy in the midst of strong tornado. Daniel Parks, an 18-year-old autistic teenage boy, was spared from imminent demise after he hid in their bathroom and hugged the toilet bowl as an EF-3 tornado ravaged a rural area 80 miles south of Oklahoma City, as per Buzzfeed.
"We are all safe! My house on the other hand is leveled. Nothing left," posted the mother of Parks, Angela, on her Facebook account at the aftermath of the disaster.
The Park matriarch revealed to Buzzfeed that the mentally challenged boy had just returned from school when the tornado that claimed two lives happened. According to her, she and her husband were still at work at that time, but, thankfully, a cousin of the boy had rushed to their home, and, together, they sought shelter at the bathroom and hugged the toilet bowl as the force of nature was unleashing its might and breaking everything on its path.
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"Dan is very matter of fact but he told me, 'I heard the wind, I heard the glass, but I knew God was going to keep me safe,'" the Parker matriarch revealed.
Christian faithful will surely think that there was, indeed, Divine intervention that happened as the boy emerged unscathed after the tragedy.
"When I saw the house, it was horrible, but I knew that he was safe… I'm glad I saw him before the house," Parker said.
The tornado practically left the Parker abode flattened, with only one section left standing, walls of which surround the bathroom where the young Parker hid, Bravadonna reports.
According to a science and operations officer with the National Weather Service, Todd Lindley, the decision of the young Parker to hide in the bathroom is the right thing to do in the event that a tornado happens, especially if people don't have a basement or storm shelters that they can take refuge in.
Meanwhile, a fundraising campaign has been raised to help the family rebuild their life.
