Tree misses daughter ‘by inches’ after it crashes into her bedroom, mother says

MORROW, Ga. — A Clayton County mother is recounting the terrifying moment a tree came crashing through her home.

She tells Channel 2 Action News that the tree missed her daughter by inches.

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From the front yard, you can see the top of a very large pine tree that fell on Lonnie Brooks’ home off Castlewood Drive in Morrow a little after midnight Thursday. From the backyard, you can see where it’s still leaning on the house and nearly split the roof.

Brooks told Channel 2′s Steve Gehlbach the whole house shook and she immediately went to check on her 18-year-old daughter Kennedy. She saw insulation and drywall everywhere.

“She just kept calling my name. ‘Kennedy, wake up,’” the teen said.

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The tree went into the closet and through the ceiling of the neighboring bathroom.

Part of the ceiling hit her daughter’s leg but otherwise she escaped. Both mom and daughter are fine after a very close call.

“I was just like, ‘Oh my God.’ I don’t know what I would have done if that tree landed on her. It just would have been devastating to see any other damage more than what was done,” Brooks said.

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