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North Texas tornado survivors shed tears, call the experience “traumatic”
VALLEY VIEW — Support for tornado recovery has not been hard to find for Jeff Collinsworth. His family and loved ones have pitched in as he tackles the damage to his home of twenty years.
The tornado that killed seven hit and struck newly developed homes before continuing its path in the Collinsworth neighborhood on County Rd 2133.
“I looked to the West over here and I saw just a giant flash,” he said. “I mean, I don’t know, I can’t even explain it.”
Collinsworth said the windows in his home exploded, so he grabbed his dog, covered them with towels, and held the door. He said he just knew his life was over but hoped for a different outcome.
“And then you could just hear roaring. I mean, I can’t even explain the sound. It was deafening,” Collinsworth said.
The Valley View man said the storm moved his house from side to side. It became more frightening as the powerful winds started bumping him off the floor.
When the tornado passed, Collinsworth took a while to come out. He kept hearing screams, he said. It was his neighbor, but Collinsworth doesn’t speak English.
“And I heard him screaming. And I grabbed a flashlight, and I went over there, three people in the rubble over here,” Collinsworth said.
But he could see the need. Collinsworth said his neighbor had a broken arm. The man’s mother got trapped under debris. With help from others, she was freed. But the neighbor’s grandfather did not survive. Collinsworth said he had broken limbs, too. He said that emergency crews were slammed with calls and could not get there in time.
A body of water authorities call a pond behind Collinsworth’s house is where emergency crews found two dead children, a two and a five-year-old. Investigators said a tornado sucked the family out of their house.
“My wife says either you stay or you go,” Nicolas Navarez said. “I say… I go!”
Navarez has lived on the same street where the children were killed for 11 years. He said the family has moved in recently.
The 45-year-old father of four and husband said his family left and returned home safely. But the damage was significant.
Navarez sleeps inside his truck at night to protect their belongings. He said they lost food because of the power outage. While community members have brought food by, he’s looking for someone to help him cover up his home before forecasted rain moves in.
“And when you see it real, like in person,” Navarez said.
Navarez’s reflection on the impact brought him to tears.
“The unknown. Just the uncertainty. The power of what’s going on,” Collinsworth said. “The whole house shaking underneath you.”
Even with the help of neighbors and loved ones, the sounds of recovery can still be haunting.
“At night, hearing the guy screaming and hearing the tornado and the roar and all that, that’s the hardest thing,” Collinsworth said.
Anchor and Emmy Award-winning journalist Chauncy Glover has died unexpectedly at the age of 39.
Chauncy joined the KCAL News Anchor Team in October 2023 after spending eight years in Houston as the first black male main anchor at KTRK.
For the past year, he has co-anchored the 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts with Pat Harvey and shared the desk with Suzie Suh at KCAL News at 8 and 10 p.m.
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While his love for journalism caught him at an early age, Chauncy has always focused on the communities he served in, whether it was through his storytelling or his outreach.
“We, Sherry and Robert Glover, along with Chauncy’s beloved family, are devastated by the unimaginable loss of our beloved Chauncy,” the Glover family wrote in a statement. “He was more than a son and brother—he was a beacon of light in our lives and a true hero to his community.”
It was this passion as a true Southern gentleman that inspired Chauncy to create a mentorship program while working for WDIV in Detroit. After witnessing a teenager die on the streets, he started “The Chauncy Glover Project” as a hands-on, extensive mentoring program that helped transform teenage boys into upstanding gentlemen.
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The program focuses on dressing for success, manhood, etiquette, college readiness, tutoring, public speaking, community service and more. The CGP Gents and Young Gents are 7-12th graders who Chauncy and other mentors met with twice a month for empowerment sessions and enrichment outings.
Chauncy relocated the program to Houston after he moved there to anchor at KTRK. CGP has proudly sent more than 350 boys of color to college and has mentored more than 1,000 young men.
“Chauncy’s compassion and dedication to helping others, especially through the Chauncy Glover Project, changed countless lives and inspired so many young men to pursue their dreams,” his family wrote. “His talent, warmth, and vision left an imprint on everyone who knew him, and the world is dimmer without him.”
While the three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist started his professional career with WTVM News in Columbus, Georgia, the news bug bit him at an early age. When he was just 5, Chauncy’s dad built him a mini anchor desk for the newscasts he would perform for his family every Sunday after church in his hometown of Athens, Alabama.
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Chauncy worked in Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Texas before joining KCAL in California.
Chauncy also had a passion for theater, having acted in several national and Off-Broadway plays. One of his proudest moments came when he was asked to honor the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks by singing at her funeral in Montgomery, Alabama.
Chauncy traveled across the country as a motivational speaker, hoping to inspire the next generation of journalists.
“While we grieve this profound loss, we are comforted by the outpouring of love and memories shared by those who knew Chauncy as the passionate, gifted soul he was,” the family wrote. “We kindly ask for privacy as we mourn and honor his incredible legacy. He was taken from us far too soon, but his impact will be felt forever.”
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