TELLICO PLAINS-A year after the Tellico Plains tornado, victims recall how the storm changed their lives and how the small community came together in the aftermath of the disaster.

The unthinkable happens

While picking up her two sons, ages 4 and 12, Sharon Byers joked with her friends about how a tornado was coming.

"We were just acting crazy," said Byers.

Byers' sons, however, were terrified.

"I told them it would be OK," she said. "Stuff like this just doesn't happen here at home. It just doesn't."

See full story in the Wednesday, March 6, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.