History bears witness to the violence of the winds that hit the United States. A family photo torn from a house hit by tornadoes on Friday night has reportedly traveled more than 200 kilometers.
Leaving her home in New Albany, Indiana, on Saturday morning, Katie Posten had her eyes drawn to this little black and white photo, stuck on a window of her car. The image, showing a woman in a striped dress holding a child, and reading “Gertie Swatzell and JD Swatzell, 1942” on the reverse side, had all the hallmarks of a family photo.
From Kentucky to Indiana
Katie Posten then had the idea of posting the snapshot on her Twitter and Facebook accounts, in the hope of finding its owners. Her post, widely shared on social media, brought her in touch with a family from Dawson Springs, a town in the state of Kentucky partly destroyed by the force of tornadoes, about 210 km as the crow flies. .
A member of that family, the Swatzells, recognized the photo and identified the people on it. ” Wow. To think she’s traveled so far. These are my father’s grandparents, ”wrote Cole Swatzell on Facebook. Katie Posten has announced plans to return the photo to her family.
