Large Piece of Sheet Metal Narrowly Misses Workers as Deadly Tornado Moves Through Alabama

Workers sheltered in a structure for safety as a https://twitter.com/GovernorKayIvey/status/1613708338084171776?s=20&t=PJmVOKlBtt98BltVsxn9-g deadly tornado passed through Decatur, Alabama, on Thursday, January 12. Footage recorded by Dakota Chapman, an employee at SA Recycling, shows howling wind and rain outside a structure. Workers are pushed back into the building when a large piece of sheet metal smacks into the front. Chapman told Storyful: "I was working in my sheer crane at the time, and the wind and rain started picking up heavily. Then all of a sudden, tornado sirens started going off. "They told us to cut our machines off and take cover. When we all went into the concrete structure, I was scared. I tried to call my wife, but I had no signal. Then all of a sudden, the wind picked up more. And all I saw was the rain going sideways," he said. "I also saw the piece of tin picking up and coming directly toward us. If the sheet metal had been at a slightly different angle, we could've lost our lives. It was terrifying," Chapman said. Local media https://www.waaytv.com/news/national-weather-service-confirms-ef-1-tornado-struck-lawrence-morgan-limestone-counties/article_1ca5afaa-92e4-11ed-ac07-6fe95ed18311.html reported that one person was injured at a recycling plant in Decatur when the storm passed through. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey https://twitter.com/GovernorKayIvey/status/1613708338084171776?s=20&t=PJmVOKlBtt98BltVsxn9-g said on Twitter that six people in Alabama were killed by storms on Thursday. (Footage by Dakota Chapman/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)