MARCH 31, 2023, started quietly. But severe thunderstorms were in the forecast, and by that afternoon, clouds began bubbling over Little Rock, Arkansas, and turning an ominous green.
Brennan Horton was in class as the school day neared its end. Suddenly, he heard alerts ring out on everyone’s cellphones.
“It was a symphony of phone alarms,” the 15-year-old Life Scout says.
The weather alerts warned everyone to take cover. A nightmarish EF3 tornado, 600 yards across and churning winds up to 165 miles per hour, was barreling through the northern part of the city. Students rushed to safe
