EPSOM, New Hampshire (AP) -- The cries of a baby led rescuers to him in the wreckage of a home flattened by a tornado that killed his grandmother and blew his grandfather into the yard, officials said Friday. Brenda Stevens, 57, and her 3-month-old grandson were trapped between the collapsed home's first and second stories, authorities said. The woman's husband, Harley, had headed downstairs before noon Thursday because he was worried by the heavy black clouds rolling in, said Deerfield Fire Chief Mark Tibbetts. "No more than he got downstairs and it started throwing him from side to side and rotating him around the house," Tibbetts said. Stevens "was blown out the side of the building and found in the side yard," state Fire Marshal William Degnan said. Brenda Stevens was pronounced dead at the scene, but the infant's cries...
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