{"id":115705,"date":"2020-03-04T12:17:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T17:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=115705"},"modified":"2020-03-27T10:16:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T14:16:41","slug":"tennesseetornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/our-ministry\/tennesseetornado\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Tornadoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2020\/03.2020\/Nashville\/2043US-A8-973.jpg\" class=\"main-image\"\/>\r\n                                    \r\n<!--IF THE VOLUNTEER BUTTON NEEDS TO BE HIDDEN,\r\n    ADD class=\"no-vol\" TO THE <aside> element-->\r\n                                    \r\n  <aside class=\"no-vol\">\r\n      <div class=\"disaster-name\">\r\n          <h4>Samaritan&apos;s Purse<\/h4>\r\n          <h1>Help Tornado Victims in&nbsp;Tennessee<\/h1>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"diTrigger 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Juliet, and Cookeville have ended. Samaritan\u2019s Purse will continue to support these communities in an ongoing way; details will follow. We are thankful for more than 6,000 volunteers who completed clean up on 475 homes in these Middle Tennessee communities, working in Jesus\u2019 Name and sharing the love of Christ in word and in deed. Over the course of our response, we praise God that 32 people made decisions to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.]<\/strong><\/p>  -->\r\n<p>Tornadoes tore through the Volunteer State leaving behind a long path of destruction and killing at least 24 people during the early morning hours of March 3. We began responding that same day to bring help in Jesus' Name to the hurting people of Middle Tennessee.<\/p>\r\n            \r\n            <div class=\"video-container\">\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"video1\" id=\"video1\" style=\"position: relative; display: block;\">\r\n                    <div style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\r\n                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/players.sardius.media\/82aD088d0aAbEF4\/dotorg\/asset\/6139942817001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <noscript>\r\n                        <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video<\/div>\r\n                <\/noscript>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <p>Three of our disaster relief units&mdash;tractor trailers filled with relief supplies and equipment&mdash;deployed to the disaster area. Volunteer teams cleaned up yards, tarped damaged roofs, and used chainsaws to remove trees and other large debris. More than 6,000 Samaritan's Purse volunteers joined the effort&mdash;2,640 helped on Sat., March 7, alone&mdash;and completed 475 work orders for homeowners.<\/p>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"video-container\">\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"video2\" id=\"video2\" style=\"position: relative; display: block;\">\r\n                    <div style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\r\n                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/players.sardius.media\/82aD088d0aAbEF4\/dotorg\/asset\/6139384609001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <noscript>\r\n                        <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video<\/div>\r\n                <\/noscript>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <p>Working from church bases in all three locations, Samaritan's Purse had outreaches in Nashville, Mt. Juliet, and Cookeville. Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains were also on the ground to pray, to provide spiritual encouragement, and to share the Gospel. Over the course of our response, we praise God that 32 people made decisions to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.<\/p> \r\n\r\n<p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse will continue to support these communities in an ongoing way; details will follow.<\/p>\r\n        <\/article>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n    \r\n    <section class=\"photo-section\">\r\n        \r\n        <div class=\"slideshow-container\">\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"slide fade\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2020\/03.2020\/Nashville\/2043US-A8-971.jpg\">\r\n                <div class=\"caption-container\"><span class=\"caption\">In an outstanding show of support, more than 1,000 Samaritan's Purse volunteers came to clean up in Cookeville on March 7.<\/span><\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \r\n            <div class=\"slide fade\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2020\/03.2020\/Nashville\/2043US-A11-423.jpg\">\r\n                <div class=\"caption-container\"><span class=\"caption\">First Lady of Tennessee, Maria Lee, helps Samaritan's Purse volunteers clear debris and salvage personal belongings from a home in Cookeville.<\/span><\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"slide fade\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2020\/03.2020\/Nashville\/2043US-A1-1113.jpg\">\r\n                <div class=\"caption-container\"><span class=\"caption\">Edward Graham is in Middle Tennessee to encourage and work alongside Samaritan's Purse volunteers.<\/span><\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"slide fade\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2020\/03.2020\/Nashville\/2043US-A4-867.jpg\">\r\n                <div class=\"caption-container\"><span class=\"caption\">Will Graham, vice president and associate evangelist for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, was also in Tennessee to work with Samaritan's Purse volunteers and Rapid Response Team chaplains.<\/span><\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \r\n            <div class=\"slide fade\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2020\/03.2020\/Nashville\/2043US-A4-830.jpg\">\r\n                <div class=\"caption-container\"><span class=\"caption\">Volunteers helped apartment residents remove items from their dwelling, which was rendered uninhabitable by a tornado.<\/span><\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"slide fade\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2020\/03.2020\/Nashville\/2043US-A5-007.jpg\">\r\n                <div class=\"caption-container\"><span class=\"caption\">Samaritan's Purse volunteers are tarping tornado-damaged roofs across Middle Tennessee.<\/span><\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"slide fade\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2020\/03.2020\/Nashville\/2043US-A4-058.jpg\">\r\n                <div class=\"caption-container\"><span class=\"caption\">Edward Graham and his brother Will Graham were joined by Christian music artist Michael W. 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