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Tornado Teachers: "Take Me Not My Babies"

Two Oklahoma teachers, who used their own bodies to shield children from a devastating tornado as it ripped through their school, describe their horrifying ordeal.

Anna Canaday and Rhona Crosswhite are two teachers who used their own bodies to save children by lying over them as their school was torn apart by a devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Anna describes how she sheltered children even as a car and then a wall landed on top of her.

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We meet the magician who started learning tricks to ward off school bullies.

And we hear from the celebrated science fiction writer Brian Aldiss, who describes how his own troubled birth inspired his latest novel.

(Image: Plaza Towers Elementary school after it was hit by the tornado. Credit: Anna Canaday)

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55 minutes

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Wed 26 Jun 2013 02:06GMT

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  • Tue 25 Jun 2013 11:06GMT
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  • Wed 26 Jun 2013 02:06GMT

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