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‘We’re lucky to be alive’ Newnan couple escape home a er tree falls on it BY LINDSAY MARCHELLO
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TJ and Angie Dolan peer inside their home a er a massive tree plummeted onto their home. It took 15 minutes or so for the Dolans to break free from the rubble. They were bruised, scratched up and in shock, but relatively unharmed.
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and Angie Dolan narrowly escaped with their lives after a tree nearly split their house in two the night a tornado tore through
Newnan. Just after midnight on March 26, a powerful storm pummeled Coweta County, bringing with it an EF4 tornado. The storm demolished homes, f lattened trees and felled power lines. Dolan didn’t use to believe in miracles. He does now. After a long day at work, Dolan returned to his home off of Sixth Street at around 10 p.m. During the day, he had tracked the storm. It looked like it was going to be a big one. When he got home, he told his wife to get dressed. They might have to f lee if the storm proved severe enough. The storm sirens started around 10:30 p.m. Phone alerts began shortly thereafter. Dolan had gone outside to watch the approaching storm coming in from downtown Newnan. “It was nothing but lightning,” Dolan said. “I remember thinking, this is beautiful.” Not long after, he heard a loud hiss coming from the south near Newnan High School. As ALIVE • 2
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