"I was at work when the tornado hit, I called my sister and asked her to tell me how bad it was, she sent me a video, I was like ’Oh Lord’, ” Zelenda Owens recalled the first time she heard about the damage Friday’s storm did to her in Little Rock, Ark. Owens managed to keep it together emotionally until this morning when things became unbearable, and her emotions got the best of her. 

“I’m doing ok now, I sat in my car for a few minutes this morning and just cried, but now,” Owens paused, "I'm doing ok.” 

Owens met with Red Cross volunteers Doug Isanhart and Becky Thompson as they traveled through the Walnut Valley subdivision in Little Rock this morning distributing much-needed supplies like rakes, shovels, gloves, and tarps.  

“I never thought I’d be in the middle of something like this. But I’ve been overwhelmed with all the fabulous, overwhelming, and humbling support the Red Cross has given me,” Owens said. “Red Cross is showing up and showing out. Thank you.” 

Less than 10 miles away, sisters Leslie and Anna Holt spent the day cleaning up what they could salvage and cleaning out what they couldn’t. 

“I was home at the time on a team's meeting. I took the call to the bathtub and my coworker was in Connecticut and had no idea what a tornado would do. She stayed with me as it hit.” Leslie said.  

“When I came to, after, I heard a voice saying ‘Help!’  It was Barbara down there.” Leslie pointed to another unit close to her.  

Barbara was Leslie’s 95-year-old neighbor, who was downstairs in her townhome and a tree had fallen through the roof of her building. She yelled for help and, fortunately, Leslie heard and came running.  

Leslie’s neighbor Barbara told her if she could just yell out of her kitchen window someone would eventually hear. 

That’s the exact thought Leslie had when the Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle drove by her apartment building as she waved and shouted, “Thank you.  

“I can’t thank you all enough for all the support. It really means a lot,” she said. 

Sister Anna lives in the same complex as Leslie. “I don’t have a roof. I just pulled up 15 seconds before it hit. I just saw wood in the air circulating, and I ran inside. It was too close. “  

Anna picked up several tarps and a few meals from Red Cross volunteers Shoba Brown and Willie Hopkins. Heavy rain is expected tonight, and Anna is using the tarps to cover openings in her apartment. She appreciated the meals as power is still out at her complex. Power crews are in the neighborhood, but there is still not a set time when her power will be restored. "I want to thank you and the Red Cross for everything you are doing.”