Three weeks ago, a violent tornado tore through Davis County, North Carolina and destroyed everything one local man had worked so hard for his entire life.
“Thirty-five years to build it, 35 seconds to destroy it. Home, barns, garage, tractors, lawn mowers, there’s nothing here that doesn’t have damage on it,” said Lewis Vannoy, who lost everything, including his 12-year-old Australian Shepherd, when the tornado hit.
When the storm hit, he watched helplessly as his dog, Duke, was sucked up into the tornado and thrown almost 1,000 feet away. “(He was) picked up in the mass of the swirling wind,” Lewis explained. “Tossed just like a rag doll.” Miraculously, however, Duke survived.
“When I got to him, he was across the road in the pasture,” Lewis said. “He could hardly walk. He was in severe pain. He was lethargic and crying.” Lewis rushed Duke to the vet to get treatment for his leg that had been broken in multiple places and his damaged retina.
Duke has had multiple surgeries since the storm and is still healing from his injuries, but is expected to recover. “He’s going to have a full recovery,” said Lewis, who is also determined to make a full comeback. “I’ll build another house and we will make more memories. I ain’t giving up.”
Watch the entire video below to see how this miracle dog is doing after being sucked up into a tornado.
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Dog Found Alive After Being Picked Up By Tornado is an article from: LifeDaily