Tornado footage from inside Lowe's in Sanford NC

Sanford Police officer Keith Frye was off duty and shopping inside Lowe's Home Improvement in Sanford NC when a large tornado — one of more than 20 in North Carolina on April 16, 2011 — approached.
With his cell phone, Frye recorded the tornado as it approached, turned off his camera as he sought safety in the rear of the store, and turned it back on as the more than 100 customers and employees stumbled out of the wreckage.

I apologize for the video's ratio, it was a skinny cell phone camera that did not transfer well when converted into an .mov file ... so the image appears "stretched".

*There is a slight language warning for those who may be offended.*

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• Sanford NC
• tornado
• Lowe's Home Improvement
• Sanford Herald
• Keith Frye

[hugoiv]

That's where i want to be.. in a store filled with every sharp object known to man kind

[jfwalston]

@HaileyIsAGoddess You are a fucking bitch to say something like that. Maybe you weren't thinking...or maybe you really are that ruthless. Lots of people died across the State that day, and to make light of it is really stupid, ignorant, and so fucking immature. I hope you are a egocentric little teenager cause that would explain it a little. If you are an adult all I can say is God help you cuz you need it.

[TheSlenderFan]

@hugoiv Lol ikr? i wish Lowe's could put basements and bathrooms in they're stores >_<

[TheSlenderFan]

@JessOnTheRun No need to be racist plz, lets keep youtube clean plz?

[ashleylovesvids]

@jtalada Typical bigot, maybe you should get your ass of youtube and stop insulting people, because clearly us americans have more class than you have .

[wokeupthismorning100]

HARDWARE STORES ARE BORING!

[thedeadtellnotales]

That's what happens if you don't give out enough MyLowes cards.

[rjl1184]

@xXNoctuneXx

I think he ment Tornado aftermath.

[xXNoctuneXx]

WHERE THE HELL IS THE TORNADO

DID IT DISAPEAR AND DID YOU LIE

[Usserypackerfan2010]

scary i would of been shooken up from that and just to think i was born in that heart of the city of sandford, nc and my sister lives in NC wow crazy stuff...

[Sin15ni]

Jesus... On one side there is this really big fascination of this dangerous storms, on the other side feelin* cold shivers running down the spine , thinking about the people who died *cause of this tornados