LONDON, Ky. (LEX18) \u2014 Martha Fiechter survived an EF-4 tornado that killed 10 people near London. One year later, she is sharing her story.<\/p>\n
“And my first thought was this is how I’m going to die,” Fiechter said.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, a remembrance ceremony was held where Fiechter spoke alongside other survivors and the names of those who died were read aloud.<\/p>\n
“What I will never forget is the kindness that I was shown from first responders, neighbors, volunteers, friends, family, and even strangers. You gave me hope when I needed it the most,” Fiechter said.<\/p>\n
One year ago, Fiechter was at home when her daughter called to warn her a tornado was approaching.<\/p>\n
“She called and she said, Mom, take cover. There’s a tornado coming your way.” Fiechter said.<\/p>\n
Before she could close the door to her closet, the walls of her home were gone.<\/p>\n
“I saw a flash of lightning. It was just so bright it hurt my eyes, and then I felt the pressure and it felt like my head would explode. And the next thing I felt, I felt like I was sliding on a slide and going really fast on that slide. And then I couldn’t move. I was under- weights were on my leg and on my arm. And I couldn’t move. I somehow got my phone wherever it was. My daughter could still hear me,” Fiechter said.<\/p>\n
For 45 minutes, Fiechter screamed for help. First responders eventually found her, and her dog, among the rubble and brought them to safety.<\/p>\n
“If I hadn’t have got there when I did, I would have went into hypothermia. I feel like my dog’s body heat on my neck saved my life. I will always believe that,” Fiechter said.<\/p>\n
One year later, Fiechter says she will never forget that night.<\/p>\n
“I just take it day by day. Yeah, I do have hope. But I know, I feel like it’s a long road ahead and um. But I am very grateful to be here,” Fiechter said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON, Ky. (LEX18) \u2014 Martha Fiechter survived an EF-4 tornado that killed 10 people near London. One year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":967832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,98243,270200,393,4884,40172,257,2464,50155,16,15],"class_list":["post-967831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-deadly","tag-ef-4","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-laurel-county","tag-london","tag-storms","tag-tornado","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116593290376753278","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/967832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}