{"id":110186,"date":"2024-10-04T05:56:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110186"},"modified":"2024-10-04T05:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:56:08","slug":"mother-survives-north-carolina-mudslide-caused-by-helene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110186","title":{"rendered":"Mother survives North Carolina mudslide caused by Helene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Dashcam footage shot on Friday morning shows the moment a couple barely escaped a mudslide that came crashing onto an interstate in North Carolina\u2019s Blue Ridge Mountains. (Courtesy: Alan Keffer via Storyful)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Good friends are hard to find, so anyone who has Donnette Keys in their social circle should consider themselves lucky.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Keys, of Tucson, Arizona, embarked on a cross-country road trip last week, bringing her friend home to Chesapeake, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;She&#8217;s in her 70s\u2026 (and) wanted to be near family for the last few years of her life,&#8221; Keys said. &#8220;And that&#8217;s what I was helping her do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">On the last night of their trip, they stayed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/video-helene-flooding-river-cuts-building-half-asheville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asheville<\/a> and then set out the next morning along Interstate 40 for Chesapeake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">Mudslide on a North Carolina mountain<\/h2>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/288\/162\/f3865e9b-9f72-00a3-2a11bc5a93048a2c.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/576\/324\/f3865e9b-9f72-00a3-2a11bc5a93048a2c.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/f3865e9b-9f72-00a3-2a11bc5a93048a2c.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/f3865e9b-9f72-00a3-2a11bc5a93048a2c.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/f3865e9b-9f72-00a3-2a11bc5a93048a2c.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1336\/752\/f3865e9b-9f72-00a3-2a11bc5a93048a2c.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/f3865e9b-9f72-00a3-2a11bc5a93048a2c.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The mountains near Asheville.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">The mountains near Asheville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Tina Haver Currin \/ National Park Service \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">As they reached about 20 miles east of Asheville, through the mountainous region of western <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina<\/a> with her friend&#8217;s car in tow, they hit heavy rain that caused visibility to plummet.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Keys said they pulled off of the highway twice, hoping to let the rain pass.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;I saw trucks pulled over and I thought, &#8216;You know, that looks like a safe place. We&#8217;re going to pull off right there,'&#8221; she recounted.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">But as the rain seemed to be letting up, and Keys was putting the truck back into gear, a mudslide raced down the mountain and across the interstate, slamming into her truck and other nearby vehicles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/288\/162\/mudslide-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/576\/324\/mudslide-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/mudslide-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/mudslide-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/mudslide-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1336\/752\/mudslide-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/mudslide-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Looped video of the mudslide.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Looped video of the mudslide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Alan Keffer via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Keys\u2019 truck could be seen on a passing car\u2019s dash cam video in the moments before the wall of mud struck their vehicles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/288\/162\/mudslide_strike2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/576\/324\/mudslide_strike2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/mudslide_strike2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/mudslide_strike2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/mudslide_strike2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1336\/752\/mudslide_strike2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/mudslide_strike2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Mudslide strikes car on I-40\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Still image from dash cam video showing the moment before Donette Key&#8217;s car was struck by a mudslide on Interstate 40 in western North Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Alan Keffer via Storyful)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">It happened so quickly, according to Keys, noting that the lead-up to the mudslide was quiet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;We heard no cracking. We never heard \u2013 no boom, no slide, no nothing. We heard nothing,&#8221; she said. She added that the rain was so heavy, that if the mountain made any sound before the mudslide, it would&#8217;ve been muted by the rain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">She said her truck was buried in mud and pushed so that it was perpendicular to the road, facing the top of the mountain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/288\/162\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.03.28-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/576\/324\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.03.28-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.03.28-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.03.28-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.03.28-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1336\/752\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.03.28-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.03.28-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A triptych of Keys's view over the dashboard seconds after the mudslide.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">A triptych of Keys&#8217;s view over the dashboard seconds after the mudslide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Donnette Keys \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;We really thought we had been hit by a semi-truck that didn\u2019t see us,&#8221; Keys said. &#8220;We had no idea it was a mudslide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">She said her friend remained calm and collected, but she did not feel the same way.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;I was terrified,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I am trying to protect her because my whole job is to get her home safe to her family. And I think I might have been a little bit shocked. I was scared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">She noted how, because of the truck\u2019s new position, they were in danger of another mudslide coming down on them and right through their windshield.<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">A Good Samaritan in a silver pickup truck<\/h2>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/288\/162\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.27.47-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/576\/324\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.27.47-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.27.47-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.27.47-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.27.47-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1336\/752\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.27.47-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/screenshot-2024-10-03-at-6.27.47-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Keys's red truck, with her friend's black vehicle in tow, surrounded by mud.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Keys&#8217;s red truck, with her friend&#8217;s black vehicle in tow, surrounded by mud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Donnette Keys \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The two women ended up trapped in the truck for two hours, as Keys attempted to contact 9-1-1 and until first responders could reach the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">However, a Good Samaritan came out of the blue to help Keys and her friend \u2013 a young man driving a silver Toyota pickup truck pulled up to the women and asked if they were okay.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">At this act of compassion, Keys was touched.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;I kind of got really emotional and broke down right there because I was trying to figure out what had happened to us,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/asheville-mother-loses-son-helene-floods-north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018MY HERO\u2019: ASHEVILLE MOM RECOUNTS SON BEING SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The young man, upon assessing the situation, left to retrieve a rope. He returned and then, using the rope, helped Keys dislodge her truck from the mud and their trailer, and left.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t even get his name. He wouldn&#8217;t even give me his name. He said, \u2018It&#8217;s all right, I\u2019d do for anybody\u2019 and he left,&#8221; Keys said. &#8220;He was the only friendly, concerned, decent person on that entire mountain that whole day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">\u2018As close as we could get to civilization\u2019<\/h2>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/288\/162\/gypif5kwsaapjku-copy-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/576\/324\/gypif5kwsaapjku-copy-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/gypif5kwsaapjku-copy-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/gypif5kwsaapjku-copy-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/gypif5kwsaapjku-copy-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1336\/752\/gypif5kwsaapjku-copy-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/gypif5kwsaapjku-copy-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Aerial shot of the site of the mudslide, after crews began clearing mud and debris from the interstate.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Aerial shot of the site of the mudslide, after crews began clearing mud and debris from the interstate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (NC DOT \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Despite being freed from the mud, Keys and her friend\u2019s troubles weren\u2019t over. They struggled to find gas and shelter, as the conditions caused by Helene were becoming worse.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Power was out, so they were unable to pump gas into their truck. Keys said she only had about 20 miles\u2019 worth of gas left in her vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">They were able to make their way to the town of Marion, where they stayed at a motel.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;They sold me their last two rooms, so I could put my friend and I just someplace dry, someplace dry and safe, that wasn&#8217;t in the truck,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/helene-north-carolina-tennessee-georgia-recovery-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEATH TOLL RISES TO 215 ONE WEEK AFTER HELENE DECIMATES SOUTHEAST COMMUNITIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">They were then able to contact friends in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, who drove what was usually a 5-hour drive but turned into a 10-hour drive to bring gas to Keys.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">They were able to go retrieve the vehicle Keys was pulling for her friend out of the mudslide, and onto another trailer.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">At that point, Keys and her friend finally made their way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/virginia\/chesapeake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chesapeake<\/a>, where her friend stayed behind to be with her family.<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">Promise of a homecoming<\/h2>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/288\/162\/gettyimages-473160230-copy-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/576\/324\/gettyimages-473160230-copy-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/gettyimages-473160230-copy-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/gettyimages-473160230-copy-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/gettyimages-473160230-copy-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1336\/752\/gettyimages-473160230-copy-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/gettyimages-473160230-copy-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Sunrise in Tucson.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Sunrise in Tucson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI \/ AFP \/ Getty Images)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">When Keys spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX Weather<\/a>, she was on her way back home to Tucson, and had stopped over to see her sisters in Oklahoma as previously planned.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">She was looking forward to seeing her husband and two daughters again, but grateful that her friend was able to be with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;If you ask anyone in my family, if I tell you I&#8217;m doing something that&#8217;s going to happen, no matter how long it takes me, it&#8217;s going to happen,&#8221; 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