“He knew how bad it was,” she continued.

“I kept saying ‘are you ok, are you ok?’ and there was no answer,” Regina said, unable to hold back the tears.

When the storm had passed Jeff’s body was found by a neighbor. He was one of 15 people killed as the tornado ripped through the small town.

Through her grief, Regina said Jeffrey using his final moment to say good-bye was “the most precious thing a son could do for a mother.”

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