One year ago, MSgt. Daniel R. "Bud" Wassom Ⅱ died in the line of duty. His was not a combat-related death but a tragedy related to his duty as a father and a family man. On April 27, 2014, at approximately 8 p.m., tornado warning sirens sounded in Vilonia, Ark., a sound not totally foreign for that part of the country. Dan Wassom's mother, Pamela Wassom, said, "You don't really expect to get hit" when the sirens go off. In fact, she sometimes liked to go outside and look at the clouds and see what was coming her way. But on this particular day, Dan Wassom's house was, in fact, about to be hit by a deadly tornado. With the twister bearing down on their home, he and his wife, Suzanne, grabbed their young daughters, seven-year-old Sydney and five-year-old Lorelai, and went to the safest part of the house, before throwing themselves over the girls to shield them from the storm. What happened next was a blur, and the family can only speculate on the exact series of events.
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机译：一年前，MSgt。 Daniel R.“ Bud” WassomⅡ因公died职。他的死亡不是与战斗有关的死亡，而是与他作为父亲和有家室的人的职务有关的悲剧。 2014年4月27日下午8点左右，在阿肯色州的维罗尼亚响起了龙卷风警报警报声，该地区的声音并不完全陌生。丹·瓦索姆（Dan Wassom）的母亲帕梅拉·瓦索姆（Pamela Wassom）说，警报器响起时，“您真的不希望受到打击”。实际上，她有时喜欢走到外面，看着乌云，看看她的行进路线。但是在这一天，事实上，丹·瓦森（Dan Wassom）的房子即将被致命的龙卷风袭击。他的妻子苏珊（Suzanne）扭动着他们的房屋，抓住了他们的小女儿，分别是七岁的悉尼和五岁的洛雷莱（Lorelai），去了房子最安全的地方，然后把自己扔到了女孩保护他们免受风暴侵袭。接下来发生的事情是模糊的，整个家庭只能猜测确切的一系列事件。
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