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TO HER. >> A MIRACLE I’M ALIVE. KARIN: DEB WAILES ALIVE, BUT INJURED. SHE SPOKE TO US FROM A HOSPITAL BED TODAY 11 DAYS AFTER A , TWISTER SHREDDED HER ROOF AND DESTROYED HER BEAVERCREEK APARTMENT. DEB WAS TRAPPED UNDER DEBRIS AND RESCUED BY NEIGHBORS. >> I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW I LIVED THROUGH THAT. KARIN: SHE LOST A LOT INCLUDING , ONE OF HER MOST PRIZED POSSESSIONS, A HAND MADE QUILT. >> TWO YEARS OF MY LIFE WENT INTO MAKING THAT QUILT. THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. IT HAD A LOT OF MEANING. KARIN: DEB POSTED ABOUT THE LOSS OF HER QUILT ON FACEBOOK. THEN KYLE BICKEL WHO HAS BEEN DRIVING AROUND HARD HIT AREAS HANDING OUT WATER AND FOOD SAW HER POST AND WAS ON ANOTHER MISSION. >> I WENT ON TOP OF THE HOUSE AND LOOKED INSIDE THE WALLS. I MOVED ONE OF THE WALLS AND WE ENDED UP GOING THROUGH EACH BEDROOM. COULDN’T FIND NOTHING. KARIN: BICKEL DECIDED TO FOLLOW THE STORM’S PATH. UNDER DEBRIS A MILE FROM DEBS HOME HE SPOTTED A BLACK AND WHITE BLANKET. A CLOSE LOOK AND HE KNEW IT WAS DEB’S QUILT. BICKEL AND HIS CREW KNEW THEIR NEXT STOP HAD TO BE THE HOSPITAL. >> WHEN THOSE TWO PEOPLE BROUGHT MY QUILT TO THE HOSPITAL AND I WHEELED MYSELF INTO WHERE THEY WHERE I SAW THE QUILT AND JUST STARTED CRYING. THIS IS A MIRACLE. >> IT WAS VERY HEARTWARMING AND FELT LIKE WE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST BRINGING FOOD HERE. KARIN: A BOND BUILT OVER A BLANKET COMFORTING A WOMAN WHO LOST NEARLY EVERYTHING. IN BEAVERCREEK, KARIN JOHN

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A plea for help from a hospital room bed caught the attention of strangers.Deb Wailes, 65, was injured when a twister tore threw her Beavercreek apartment and shredded the roof to pieces. She was trapped under part of a wall that caved in and was rescued by neighbors."I don't even know how I lived through that," Wailes said. "It's just a miracle that I'm alive."Eleven days after the storm, Wailes remained in the hospital. She broke both of her legs and is recovering from surgery. She lost a lot, including one of her most prized possessions -- a handmade quilt. "Two years of my life went into making that quilt, and just the things that happened to me over those past two years, yes, it had a lot of meaning," Wailes said.Wailes posted about the loss of her quilt on Facebook.Kyle Bickel, of Columbus, had been driving around hard-hit areas handing out water and food. He saw Wailes post and immediately began another mission."I went on top of the house and looked inside the walls. I moved one of the walls, and we ended up going through each bedroom, couldn't find nothing," Bickel said.Bickel decided to follow the storm's path."I started looking outside because that's where it would have been," Bickel said.Bickel spotted a black and white blanket about a mile from Wailes' apartment, under some debris.He pulled it out from underneath a two-by-four and knew it was the quilt he had looking for.He and his crew went to the hospital."When those two people brought my quilt to the hospital, and I wheeled myself into where they were, I just saw that quilt and started crying. I was, like, 'Oh my word. This is a miracle,'" Wailes said."It was very heartwarming, and it felt like we accomplished something more than just bringing food here," Bickel said.They formed a bond over the blanket and were able to comfort a woman who lost nearly everything.Wailes said she hopes to be released from the hospital Sunday.She said she expects to be in a wheelchair for two months. She has family she can stay with temporarily. If you would like to help her out, a GoFund Me page has been set up for her.https://www.gofundme.com/1ngygkhs00?sharetype=teams&member=2316946&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&pc_code=fb_co_shareflow_a&rcid=80cacb64db10489f8e0318b1fc925662&fbclid=IwAR1lmW9VW18tCc4KNeBD77tvKJZWBvwAbS0XClXzcYZ3rGUQRLFWK09O6mQ