Elgin tornado: Elderly Texas man pulls self out of rubble, awaits state assistance to rebuild

ELGIN, Texas (NEXSTAR) — "This is my home, it's gone," Leonard Wilson said in disbelief."It's gone."Wilson — nearly 70 years old, and living with a disability — truly can't believe he's alive."Once it [the tornado] hit, I was in the hallway and it blew the bedroom window out, and that's when it knocked me down in the hallway," Wilson said. "My bedroom door flew off...and covered me before the ceiling fell down. I was just praying."His home has been in his family for generations