Kentucky family photo found in Indiana following tornado

NEW ALBANY, Ind. (LEX 18) — Communities successful occidental Kentucky person been everlastingly changed by the caller tornado.

Dozens mislaid their lives, thousands of homes were destroyed, and towns are near unrecognizable.

Winds from the storms were truthful almighty that items from affected areas flew distant for hundreds of miles.

Remnants of the tempest brought a portion of Dawson Springs, Kentucky, to the driveway of Katie Posten. Posten lives successful New Albany, Indiana.

"It astir looked similar idiosyncratic near maine a enactment connected my car.," said Posten. "It looks similar it's astir apt a representation of a picture, which means, who knows if the archetypal is inactive astir and it mightiness beryllium the lone 1 they person left."

On the backmost of the photograph are the names "Gertie Swatzell" and "JD Swatzell."

"It was dated successful 1942, truthful I took a representation of it, posted it connected societal media," said Posten. "If I don't find either of them, but the likelihood we find a household subordinate hopefully is high. But it's inactive a needle successful a haystack."

Posten ended up uncovering the household and has corresponded with them connected societal media.

"He was truly surprised. I deliberation initially helium didn't admit the name, helium was amazed to spot it was his household but besides that it traveled truthful far," said Posten.

The antheral says the photograph belonged to his household but isn't definite which location it came from.

While this tornado has been 1 for the past books successful Kentucky and crossed the country, the portion of household past volition marque it backmost to wherever it belongs.

This communicative was primitively reported by Austin Pollack connected lex18.com.