Im glad that through reading this i know its more than possible to save my pets in the event this or some other destructive event happens to me. Unfortunately what happened to this dog is all too common, but that is what we are taught to do even as kids - but as someone who treasures their pets (and some of whom that have risked their well being to protect me) i couldnt fathom leaving them behind for any reason.
Wouldn't give a flying damn less if it was a tornado, typhoon,giant meteor,or the mf'n tooth fairy. My dogs would ve been in my arms as I left that building. They dont go,I dont go its just that simple.
Yeah, my cats are going to shelter with me. In the past when the weather was potentially dangerous, I've shoved them into a carrier and took them into the bathroom with me. There's no way I'd leave them to fend for themselves. When I adopted them, i promised to take care of them forever.
@@ericlopez9653 hummm yeah..been in four had my critters with me..I been born and raised in tornado Ally.. we cut out teeth on sever weather warnings lol.. but everyone is different no two handles things the same
PJ honestly irritated me a bit since he literally didn't grab his puppy to at least go to shelter with him and on top of that, he basically left his friends to panic for their lives while the apartment was collapsing. Like, at least everyone go to the laundry room together you know.
RSully94 the dude went back into a damaged apartment to save his friends and had no choice but to leave his puppy because the building was unsafe. Later he begged firefighters to look for his dog which they did and saved it. That’s pretty brave.
During an EF2 tornado that ripped through my town my instinct was to run to the closet, but I barely got to the hallway before I went back into the living room and grabbed my cat. We rode that storm out together in the guest room closet. If he was going to Oz i was going with him
Well that was awesome of you to run back and get your cat. I love animals myself and have had 2 Pitbulls and I've had my Noble Macaw for 26yrs now. My bird and I have a real special bond but I will not lose my life for my bird. I would've went in the basement and if I couldn't reach my bird then I will pray she lives through it. Like I said my bird is 26yrs old and she is family and love her more than any other pet I have ever had or will have but I like breathing air and it would suck if she died but my life is more important. You might think that's wrong but a human life is worth more than a pet. I think most people would agree with me but most likely not you since you said you would die with your cat.
@@froey198033 nah I'd risk my life for my cat. 🤷🏻♀️ If you read the comments in this video a lot of people are really peaved off that he not only left an 8 week old puppy but his friends too. But legit I think a lot of people would risk their lives for their pets. 🥰 There are some who won't and that's okay I guess. It's just that when you don't the people who would question why you wouldn't. 🤷🏻♀️ But no judgment here because self preservation is a full-time occupation. 🥰
@@froey198033 there are 2 types of people when it comes to animals and saving them. There are people who realize that all life has value and a pet is not only your companion but your responsibility. They have no choice in who they are forced to be with unfortunately. So we take on a duty, just like a child, to protect and care for them. I, and many many others, are that type of person. I will give everything I have to protect my dog because she is reliant on me and I love her. Then there are people like you who believe they are superior to all other life forms. They believe that human life has the most value and will choose themselves over any other living being. They believe that animals are there to be owned then abandoned if shit gets tough. That's fine if that's the type you are, but don't pretend that most people are like that or would agree with you. I don't know what every person would truly do in the moment, but to know ahead of time that you will definitely just leave them on their own is definitely concerning. There's a certain level of empathy that some people just don't have and those people will agree with you. Even thinking that, much less saying it, would make me feel like the most horrible person. But hey you do you 😉
@@echoedinnocence 🤪🙄 You have got to be kidding me when people become more concerned about a four-legged species than a human life even their own ,, you wonder what if you had a baby and you had a choice between cat , my baby …cat? or someone else’s child. Cat? My baby? Don’t they say them creepy cats have nine lives? WELL a baby don’t!!
That’s a pretty big butterfly effect. If that ball hadn’t gone into the hoop, then the game wouldn’t have into overtime, thus wouldn’t have kept people in the dome for longer, probably preventing hundreds of thousands of injuries or even deaths. Could have easily ended in tragedy, but didn’t because of the one shot.
@@frank-bmtz I know this is meant as a good thing, but when I see people say that, I then think of those who didn't get a miracle and perished. That's why I feel everything is random and that God (if He actually exists) doesn't get involved. I'd rather their be no God at all than to know one exists that picks and chooses who does and does not get a miracle.
@@MemphisTiger If God didn't exist then there would be absolutely no hope for anybody and we are just a bunch of ants running around. How terrifying is it to think that our lives are meaningless and there is no God? When we leave this world, there is a whole other life waiting for us. Many people will perish and go to hell but the children of God will live for eternity with him with no more sorrow or pain. Heaven and Hell are very real places. Our souls will go somewhere when we die. Only way to Heaven is to believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to ask for forgiveness of our sins and repent. ❤️
David Cole in their defense, searching for the dog could have triggered the building to come down even further on them, killing them. They're not exactly trained in search and rescue. It was better to leave the dog and find someone who is trained in SAR to rescue the dog.
uncollective I'm not. Funny you're the second person who thinks I'm PJ. Apparently having a different opinion is too hard for you all to wrap your heads around.
For the record, according to an article from 2008, they not only went to look for him...they did it 6 times despite being told not to. www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/weird/three-month-old-puppy-buried-by-tornado-rubble-rescued/83-402837578
LOL ... Until I read the comments below, I thought I was the only person upset that PJ left his friends (and puppy) behind ... Then, they all just leave the scene and the puppy is not found until two days later! I wouldn't want to rely on PJ to be there for me in an emergency situation ... lesson learned! LOL!
@@fructosecornsyrup5759 I'd make the same comment and I _have_ been in a similar scenario. I heard the freight train and felt my house shake so bad I thought the roof was about to come off, but I was fortunate that it didn't touch down until a few blocks past my home. You can bet your ass that I made sure my family AND my dog were all sheltered together and safe as possible. All of my family made sure the dog was with us because it's just what you do as a pet owner, and you keep track of _each other_ because it's what you do as a decent human being. PJ was a selfish coward to abandon his friends and puppy like that to save his own ass.
PJ is just a character all together .. I mean he runs off from his two friends every man for himself then the pup...it's a baby scared todeath.. I'd grabbed him .. people can say u don't know til ur in that situation .in my forty four years I've been where tornado HIT building.i was in four times but I've been in countless .I live in Tennessee,tornado all.and I'm a storm chaser. They scare me to death ( I'm strange I know ).. so yeah I've been in them as far as comein out of closet to find nothing else is standing.. been in car pinned.. so me and mother nature have met...lol
If that ball would have went in and out there could have been hundreds maybe thousands of fatalities in that tornado had he not hit that three so this young man really saved everyone's life in the Georgia dome by hitting that three-point shot and sending the game to overtime
@MAP1086 i was in a tornado that killed 27 this year back in march. march 2nd 2020. it started in my county and ended in a tornado that destroyed parts of nashville
You are so right woman power show them lady. I would stay with them to. One really cold winter we lost our electricity for awhile no heat . I had 3 cats and a little dog I wouldn't go no where else to stay.My fur babies can't go neither do I.
@@pisces2569 he is sweet child. He'd push you in front of a shooter to save himself. You can tell what kind of person he is psychologically by what he said and his action. Believing otherwise makes you a fool. I have been in several dangerous situations that I remained calm in while others panicked so I know how I would handle it.
Kaderin Wroth A person reacting in fight or flight mode does not make them a coward or anything else. Not everyone can remain calm in this kind of situation. When you are in fight or flight mode, you don't think. You react on instinct, and that's exactly what happened. PJ suddenly found himself in danger and didn't know what was going on except he had to escape it. Once he was out of danger, he was able to think and went after his friends. He was smart to leave his dog. PJ isn't a trained SAR personnel. He doesn't know how to safely look for his dog in a collapsed building. For all he knew, it could have come down on him and his friends anytime soon. Heck it could have been unsafe even for SAR personnel, and human life trumps animal life. However, he did not abandon his dog. He found firefighters who are trained to deal with this kind of situation and begged them to rescue his dog which they did. It's completely unfair to judge him for his actions, and for all you know, he could have died if he didn't make the choices he made, making him useless to his friends and dog.
@@pisces2569 ok now u make me feel bad for calling him a "character" earlier.. lol voice of reason that u are.. u comment is right everyone react s diff in a disaster . EMT first responder that I am know this ..but leaven the BABY dog TWICE irritated me . I would have had that baby scooped up as soon as she was haven't trouble puutin window down.. lol ergo we all are different.. Thanks for straighten me out..putting my humanity in check ..lol have a great day..
Amazing? You should have been the one to get the puppy and your friends to safety..wow! Honestly I have no words to describe you..wait yea I do but I can't post them
@MAP1086 there is a right thing and a wrong thing to do a persons true nature comes out in situations like that they will either risk their life to save someone or give up and save themselves
@@jasonwilliams1370 Think again asshat, tough has nothing to do with it. Been in several tornadoes and never left a person or pet behind, not everyone makes it 100% of the time in these things but you sure seem the type that would abandon everything to save your own hide, just from from your comment alone.
The basketball player that hit the buzzer beater and sent the game to overtime was an absolute hero he basically saved around over a thousand fans that attended the game
Riley probably saved a few lives hitting that 3 pointer. Unknown effects...but just imagine the fans streaming out of the building when the tornado hits...probably not good. I remember this night pretty well because I live about 15-20 minutes north of the city and was hanging out in the living room watching TV, the moon was out, there wasn't a cloud in the sky and suddenly the weather channel kicks in with a red screen talking about a tornado. Was the craziest thing ever. We had had bad storms earlier that week, but on this night most of us weren't even active with Skywarn because there wasn't even really a chance of rain. Just a freak occurrence.
I remember that weekend the tornado 🌪 struck Atlanta. I was 10 years old in 4th Grade at the time. I’ve been a weather enthusiast since I was a kid. I remember watching the weather channel and local news stations 🚉 talk about what occurred the previous night. It was very unexpected event especially for metropolitan area that doesn’t usually get this type of dangerous weather.
My mom actually was in the tornado. She lived in Roswell and was heading home from a friends house (who happened to live in downtown Atlanta). She was driving with my grandma and was hit by the tornado. She and my grandma sat in the car being hit by hail and waited it out until it was over. Turns out it was this tornado.
PJ is the absolute chad. First runs off without his friends, while they're in a crumbling apartment, taking in the full brunt of the storm, then also leaving the dog to die. Jesus.😂
Yeah, I could maybe forgive a moment of panic, I've never been in that situation so who knows if I'd freak out. But I do KNOW I sure as F wouldn't leave my dog behind after it was over. What a dick.
I was thinking the same thing, he's leaving his friends and puppy and running away and didn't think to take them with him to safety! WTF! He left a precious puppy and 2 ladies to fend for themselves. I'm not leaving a woman behind for sure and that poor puppy. I understand panic makes you do things you might regret later but a man should not leave his friends like that.
I remember that night. Terrifying. I had been visiting Atlanta for the Georgia Aquarium that day and decided to stay the night at a hotel before getting back on the road in the morning to head back home to Jacksonville, Florida. This had been my first solo trip by myself since I had just turned 24 the previous month and that was a big step for myself since I was only a little small framed female and my parents were still a bit overprotective. I had called them and told them the weather looked bad and I was staying put and what hotel and room number I was on my little flip phone at the time. I went to bed and was awoken by the tornado. Oh the wind! It was HOWLING. I turned the tv on to see what was going on and my room phone rang. It was the front desk telling me to get into the bathroom or hallway since there was a tornado headed right for us! I panicked and hung up with them and used that phone since my cell phone didn’t have service anymore and called my dad since I knew my mom’s cell was having issues with reception at the time. He answered half asleep and I told him that this might be it for me and the hotel was about to be hit by a tornado and they I loved him and my mom. I told them my cell had no reception and I needed to get into the bathroom since my window was cracking before it broke completely sending glass at my face. Thank goodness for glasses! I left the phone off the hook and ran into the bathroom and hid in the tub with pillows and blankets. My ears popped a few times. I came out to a trashed room with a broken window and my parents screaming for me on the phone. I told them the room is trashed, that I couldn’t stay there, that I was getting dressed, and I would meet them on I 75 in Macon. I did just that. Fortunately my car was fine since I was in the parking garage and was shielded from the storm by two huge SUV’s that decided they want to park next to me, that happens everywhere I go; something huge always parks next to me, I got into my little 5 speed Toyota Corolla and hit I-75 after checking out. About 20 mins of being on the road and seeing emergency vehicles speeding up 75 NB I get my reception back and I call my parents who were on I-10 acting like it was the Daytona 500 with my dad behind the wheel. They had already gotten pulled by FHP and given a warning on going too fast after they explained to the trooper that their only child just went through a tornado in Atlanta. I ended up meeting them at the Georgia Welcome center on 75. My mom drove my car home since I was exhausted and the adrenaline was wearing off at that time. I fell asleep in my dad’s car on the way back. They didn’t take me to my place and actually brought me back home that night. The next morning I noticed the glass from my hotel window breaking ended up scratching me all over my face, neck, and arms. However no lasting scars. That was one of the most terrifying nights of my life! To this day I can’t sleep when severe storms rip through at night, especially Hurricanes since they cause tornadoes.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 “and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” Mark 1:15 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 Jesus loves you
I’ll never forget this. I was already terrified of tornadoes as a 10 year old, and I lived 30 minutes from downtown at the time. One of the scariest nights of my childhood
Not gonna lie the basketball player from Alabamas team was a hero he saved everyone in the stadium by forcing the game into overtime after scoring the 3 pointer
I lived through an F2 tornado when I was 2 so I don't remember that. But I lived in Connecticut so that's unheard of lol and just the thunderstorm winds were 90 mph.
It's a good thing that game went into overtime. Had it ended on time all those people wold have been outdoors when the twister hit. There would have been far more fatalities and injuries.
But why? You’d really and truly save a dog before yourself? That doesn’t even sound noble it sounds untrue. Not many would die for a dog lol. I mean, Its a DOG
@@RG066 I'm sure PJ was terrified when he realized he couldn't find his dog I would be also If I was in his shoes my pet's aren't just pet's to me Molly and Sweet Pea are my family my girls they maybe cat's but they are my daughter's and I would be so heartbroken if something happen to them in weather like that
I have 2 - 24 year old cats & feed 4 more for the last 14 years. I would have never left a puppy behind to die. All 3 of these so called adults should be ashamed of themselves and that fool should never be allowed to have a pet again. His callousness is unconscionable and unforgivable.
Once your in a tornado it's something that u never forget.. You can't forget the noise it sounds like a frate train all around you and really loud, the wind constantly whistle it's loud also . You hear hail hitting the house all the same time you hear thunder and lighting. To top that off your house is violently shaking and glass is shattering all around u. A tornado is one scariest things u experience other than a hurricane.I was in a tornado when I was a kid it struck at 330 in the afternoon. One of my classmates was sucked up in the tornado it carried her 200 feet. She was way to young to die. I hope that paints you a picture of what it's like.
It’s a miracle he didn’t get his as::cough::s kicked for leaving two women and that little fur baby puppy behind in grave danger. That poor puppy was so small and defenseless, left abandoned and terrified in carnage. I have fostered and adopted many rescues, it’s so heartbreaking to see them struggle with trauma after being abused and abandoned. Even after finding their forever loving home, some of the scars of their past never fully fade away. There is a special place in “H.E. Double Hockey Sticks” for people like PJ.
Storm radios that turn on automatically would have helped the people in the loft....thankfully, with the 911 warnings on cell phones, there are a lot less surprises these days. Glad the dog was o.k. I was moving home that day, and my mom called me and warned me about the tornado, so I stayed in Valdosta overnight, and drove in the next day. The windows blown out on the Peachtree Plaza and the Equitable buildings was surprising.
I really do wish homes in tornado prone areas were required to have a NOAA weather radio the same way they're required to have smoke detectors. It's so vitally important for safety, especially during nocturnal events.
As someone who recently got a puppy, I can’t fathom just leaving him. I don’t care what’s going on he’s my first priority. The second I sensed danger I’d have grabbed him and had him with me. Some people don’t deserve animals.
This was 11 years ago... "The 2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak was a tornado outbreak that affected the Southeastern United States on March 14-15, 2008. A tornado caused widespread damage across downtown Atlanta, including to the CNN Center and to the Georgia Dome"
I like how everyone is talking about the dog, but I lived through this tornado. My family had been watching the SEC Tournament on TV. All those people in the stadium could have gotten seriously hurt if the game hadn't gone to OT. That basically saved people's lives that night.
The two people that were trying to escape from the tornado April Donaldson and James Mcconnell were heroes they did the right thing by diving behind a neighbors house and covering their hands and then riding the fury of the storm while the twister passed just right over them.
Yay the puppy lived lol I. Serious to. I'm so glad. We all know we are closer to our pets than most of our friends. Well normal people. My best friend isn't waiting for me at the door. Or wants to snuggle up to me and get warm. Or act strange and funny and make me laugh like cats and dogs with personalities y'all know what I'm talking about.
PJ is a real jerk-off, abandoning his friends and also, his new puppy who must have been so terrified without anyone to comfort the poor thing. He even referred to his puppy as "the dog." and was not at all upset that his puppy was missing, or worse. What a sociopath. I'd die for my 2 cats. Animals are wonderful and innocent companions, with good souls. They deserve the world.
They all had a chance to die. It was a free for all on who could avoid the collapsing, and the suction. They didn't fully know that it was even a tornado you fool.
Remember watching the SEC Basketball tourney that night on tv and seeing the scoreboard sway and had no idea what was happening, That game going to OT saved so many people's lives
I visited Atlanta some years ago and, one evening, we had one of the most intense thunderstorms I have ever experienced. I’m not sure if it was a supercell or not but it was bad.
i’ve lived in atlanta for the 21 years i’ve been alive and the way thunder sounds still scares tf out of me. it sounds like a bowling ball being rolled across the floor. which sounds like a tornado. i’ve accidentally gone out during a tornado (more than once) bc i thought it was just thunder
PJ is a jerk!! Leaving the ladies and a puppy behind to save himself....hope the boy matured into a better man. I hope the puppy was rehomed with more loving, protective people. PJ isnt fur daddy material.
I agree. He's either PJ or he's a fellow coward. He actually said that running away when you're scared doesn't make you a coward!!! That's the exact definition of a coward...someone who runs away when they're scared!
MsCathy42 he’s not a coward. PJ suddenly found himself in danger and didn’t know what was going on except he had to get out. He was panicky and went into flight mode. This is natural human behavior. Not everybody is calm or rational in the face of disaster. He is not trained to deal with a situation like this. Yet despite that, he went back for his friends. He wasn’t unable to save the dog then because the building was unsafe, but he did not abandon it. He begged firefighters to save his puppy which they did.
Tim Twait he didn't leave them. He came back for them. Not everybody can stop and think in the face of immediate danger, and it doesn't make one less cowardly. PJ was simply in fight or flight mode. In addition, human life trumps animal life, and none of them are trained SAR personnel who know how to safely search a collapsed building. He made the right decision to leave his dog. He did get actual trained SAR personnel to rescue his dog so he didn't abandon it.
Pisces you shouldn’t leave your dog for others to take care that dog is your responsibility and you put it in that situation therefore it is your responsibility to take care of it and get it out of that situation. Maybe he’s not a coward but he’s one hell of a horrible dog owner
FaithIn TheReins i wouldn't call him a horrible dog owner either. The building just collapsed and none of them are trained SAR personnel. If PJ and his friends started moving debris around they could trigger another collapse, or the building could just collapse further on its own onto them. This could kill them or severely injure them making them useless to help the dog. It was better to escape and find an expert to rescue the dog.
Atlanta is in Dixie Alley another area tornadoes commonly form the peak months for Dixie Alley are January, through April & Mid Autumn or Fall Georgia, Alabama, & Mississippi are the states that Dixie Alley takes up but even areas like Alaska can get hit anywhere in the world so even if your area doesn't get hit by tornadoes be prepared!
I remember this. I was living in Fort Knox, Kentucky at the time. I went on the weather channel website and just pulled up the regional radar for the area. I noticed that Atlanta had a supercell pop up seemingly out of nowhere. Little did I know how bad it really was.
Why first? Why find the dog BEFORE human lives that are trapped? I seriously can’t understand when people say this stuff. Humans /families/Mothers/fathers/Sons/Daughters are more important than dogs.
@@katiem4539 He LEFT his friends too! Grow up and learn to adopt some compassion. Don't get a pet if you don't care about it's safety. People like you is why there is so much evil in the world! Seek Jesus!
I worked in DT Atlanta and was in a bar less than one mile away from the Tornado. At one point two sets of doors that opened out to a patio opened due to the pressure and wind, the lights went out and rain flooded in a good forty feet inside the bar. They had to close downtown again Monday night as broken glass was pelting down from the busted windows in the skyscrapers. They had to put scaffolding over all they sidewalks along Peachtree to protect downtown pedestrians from bits of falling glass. The scaffolding was there for months.
Holy shit … I have never seen this before! Never knew this happened either. Weirdly enough I love seeing live broadcast footage of severe weather during baseball games lol. The Big Guy upstairs definitely guided that player to making the basket and keeping everybody inside.
I remember that. It was 3/28/00, and I will always remember the exact date because it was my un-birthday. lol I remember the papers flying all over the place after and the FBI agents running around trying to collect everything since one of their offices was in that tower that was hit. My mom and I had tickets to a thing at the convention center a few days after, and glass was STILL falling from that tower.
I couldn't have a lower opinion of PJ if I tried. Dude abandoned two women AND HIS PUPPY to save his own ass? Selfish coward. I've had a tornado pass over the top of my home close enough that I heard the freight train and felt the entire house shake to the point I thought the roof was about to come off. I TOOK MY DOG WITH ME TO SHELTER IN THE BATHROOM.😡 Part of being a pet owner in parts of the country that can get tornados is making sure they're safe right along with you because they can't do it for themselves. I lost my dog to lymphoma in 2018, but before then? Any time dangerous weather was imminent, I made sure her collar AND harness were on and I had her leash ready to grab. It's just what you do. I wish someone else would have taken that puppy after it was recovered, because he certainly didn't deserve to keep it.
Why the f**k would you not bring the puppy!? I would have protected my dog with my life! But I get it, the building was unsafe blah blah blah... I’m truly heartbroken 😔 although I’m happy the puppy is alive
Did "the dog" have a name? Is it really the guy's dog, or is it one of the girls' dogs? Was he looking after "the dog" for someone else? I find it hard to believe that "the dog" is his with how much he refers to the dog as "the dog."
I went in to a construction project on Monday after that tornado and saw that column reinforcement steel, #11 rebar (1 3/8 inches thick) from some of the footings had been bent from vertical to a forty-five degree angle. The windows had been blown out of a stairway at a parking deck across the street. Many windows had been blown out of the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, and since the codes had changed and the glass was no longer available, all the glass, even the undamaged panels, had to be replaced.
That bent rebar on the footings must've been hit by some heavy ass debris or something. Maybe the winds could do that, but at 135mph or less, that seems unlikely.
Imagine if it was an EF3, 4, or 5 tornado. And I agree with everyone else. P.J. is a P.0.S. for leaving his friends and dog behind. Not everyone are brave souls.
Some man. Leaving the women behind. They always tell you to STICK TOGETHER in emergency situations. He wouldn't be my friend after that. Also his puppy would be mine. Hope PJ realizes that any future employers will this and k ow he cannot be depended on in an emergency and probably won't hire him because of that, especially this day and age... they needed people level heads not man boys who run at the slightest hint of danger.
I remember this night it was wild. I was 13 at the time. My step dad had actually been downtown at the time and he said that he was in the car and felt the worst ear pressure. he had no idea there was a tornado warning
I remember this day well. I live in Alabama but have extended family in Newnan, Ga. They normally go to the Alabama games but one of them was sick that nite and they stayed home. I remember another extended family member locally calling us freaking out because they couldn't reach them.
mike richardson Remember the Tornado 🌪 outbreak of 2011. A powerful tornado devastated the Tuscaloosa area. Multiple tornadoes hit the southeast that spring. Lots of damage, injuries and loss of life caused by those ⛈ storms. Was where you lived hit hard by those storms at that time?
@@dariusparris2698 yes my area was hit but not in magnitude compared to many others. Further south was the town's of Hackleburg/Phil Campbell which were devastated by an EF5. You may or may not have heard of it as it received hardly any news due to Tuscaloosa's tragedy.
I am too much of a dog lover as someone who previously helped with raising several litters of puppies from 10 to 24 years old until they were 8-10 weeks old and off to their forever homes, to leave a dog in that situation. Call me stupid or irrational, whatever, I am going to risk the building coming down on me while searching for the dog. I could never leave my black lab or any of the dogs I helped raise or even roommates dogs I lived with previously.
PJ didn't deserve to get his puppy back. Poor puppy deserves and should have gone to a better owner who won't leave him behind. I always grab my cat when we have tornado warnings/tornadoes here. If she goes, I go too.
That's was my fourth born cousin Bassy, was my eighth born cousin Danny's older brother, and my Auntie, and Uncle's first born son on my Mom side was celebrating his 23rd Birthday at the time when he was at University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, when I was at Huffman High School in Birmingham, Alabama.
I would’ve dragged my 900 pound horse into that room no one I repeat no one gets left behind
Yes
I love animals to much. I couldn’t bare to walk out of my tornado safe room just to see my animals lying dead on the floor.
Im glad that through reading this i know its more than possible to save my pets in the event this or some other destructive event happens to me. Unfortunately what happened to this dog is all too common, but that is what we are taught to do even as kids - but as someone who treasures their pets (and some of whom that have risked their well being to protect me) i couldnt fathom leaving them behind for any reason.
PJ is a pos. Left his friends and his puppy. Only cared about himself.
Leave your friends and dog behind?? Lowlife coward!!
That jerk doesn't deserve a puppy. You take your pets with you, damnit.
The fireman found the puppy between the bricks two days later!...poor baby. Angels all worked overtime that night.
Wouldn't give a flying damn less if it was a tornado, typhoon,giant meteor,or the mf'n tooth fairy. My dogs would ve been in my arms as I left that building. They dont go,I dont go its just that simple.
One rupee 1947
I agree!!
Yeah, my cats are going to shelter with me. In the past when the weather was potentially dangerous, I've shoved them into a carrier and took them into the bathroom with me. There's no way I'd leave them to fend for themselves. When I adopted them, i promised to take care of them forever.
You wouldn’t be saying that if a tornado really did hit.
@@ericlopez9653 hummm yeah..been in four had my critters with me..I been born and raised in tornado Ally.. we cut out teeth on sever weather warnings lol.. but everyone is different no two handles things the same
PJ honestly irritated me a bit since he literally didn't grab his puppy to at least go to shelter with him and on top of that, he basically left his friends to panic for their lives while the apartment was collapsing. Like, at least everyone go to the laundry room together you know.
Im sure he had his reasons
RSully94 the dude went back into a damaged apartment to save his friends and had no choice but to leave his puppy because the building was unsafe. Later he begged firefighters to look for his dog which they did and saved it. That’s pretty brave.
PJ was a pussy.
I would have ran with the dog
I’m with you. He was like “nope” and ran out of the apartment no dog, no friends... At least the girls stayed together. That’s true friendship.
During an EF2 tornado that ripped through my town my instinct was to run to the closet, but I barely got to the hallway before I went back into the living room and grabbed my cat. We rode that storm out together in the guest room closet. If he was going to Oz i was going with him
Charlie It Where are you from? What was it like going through a 🌪?
Well that was awesome of you to run back and get your cat. I love animals myself and have had 2 Pitbulls and I've had my Noble Macaw for 26yrs now. My bird and I have a real special bond but I will not lose my life for my bird. I would've went in the basement and if I couldn't reach my bird then I will pray she lives through it. Like I said my bird is 26yrs old and she is family and love her more than any other pet I have ever had or will have but I like breathing air and it would suck if she died but my life is more important. You might think that's wrong but a human life is worth more than a pet. I think most people would agree with me but most likely not you since you said you would die with your cat.
@@froey198033 nah I'd risk my life for my cat. 🤷🏻♀️ If you read the comments in this video a lot of people are really peaved off that he not only left an 8 week old puppy but his friends too. But legit I think a lot of people would risk their lives for their pets. 🥰 There are some who won't and that's okay I guess. It's just that when you don't the people who would question why you wouldn't. 🤷🏻♀️ But no judgment here because self preservation is a full-time occupation. 🥰
@@froey198033 there are 2 types of people when it comes to animals and saving them. There are people who realize that all life has value and a pet is not only your companion but your responsibility. They have no choice in who they are forced to be with unfortunately. So we take on a duty, just like a child, to protect and care for them. I, and many many others, are that type of person. I will give everything I have to protect my dog because she is reliant on me and I love her.
Then there are people like you who believe they are superior to all other life forms. They believe that human life has the most value and will choose themselves over any other living being. They believe that animals are there to be owned then abandoned if shit gets tough. That's fine if that's the type you are, but don't pretend that most people are like that or would agree with you.
I don't know what every person would truly do in the moment, but to know ahead of time that you will definitely just leave them on their own is definitely concerning. There's a certain level of empathy that some people just don't have and those people will agree with you. Even thinking that, much less saying it, would make me feel like the most horrible person. But hey you do you 😉
@@echoedinnocence 🤪🙄 You have got to be kidding me when people become more concerned about a four-legged species than a human life even their own ,, you wonder what if you had a baby and you had a choice between cat , my baby …cat? or someone else’s child. Cat? My baby? Don’t they say them creepy cats have nine lives? WELL a baby don’t!!
That’s a pretty big butterfly effect. If that ball hadn’t gone into the hoop, then the game wouldn’t have into overtime, thus wouldn’t have kept people in the dome for longer, probably preventing hundreds of thousands of injuries or even deaths. Could have easily ended in tragedy, but didn’t because of the one shot.
Damn, that’s so eerie to think about.
Yes, and thousands upon thousands of pets, horses every other known animal would of perished!..spawning
an F5 animal tornado!
God works in mysterious ways. And miracles really do exist.
@@frank-bmtz I know this is meant as a good thing, but when I see people say that, I then think of those who didn't get a miracle and perished. That's why I feel everything is random and that God (if He actually exists) doesn't get involved. I'd rather their be no God at all than to know one exists that picks and chooses who does and does not get a miracle.
@@MemphisTiger If God didn't exist then there would be absolutely no hope for anybody and we are just a bunch of ants running around. How terrifying is it to think that our lives are meaningless and there is no God? When we leave this world, there is a whole other life waiting for us. Many people will perish and go to hell but the children of God will live for eternity with him with no more sorrow or pain. Heaven and Hell are very real places. Our souls will go somewhere when we die. Only way to Heaven is to believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to ask for forgiveness of our sins and repent. ❤️
Glad to see the Dog didn't Die. but they should have looked for him..
David Cole in their defense, searching for the dog could have triggered the building to come down even further on them, killing them. They're not exactly trained in search and rescue. It was better to leave the dog and find someone who is trained in SAR to rescue the dog.
@@pisces2569 just admit you're PJ
uncollective I'm not. Funny you're the second person who thinks I'm PJ. Apparently having a different opinion is too hard for you all to wrap your heads around.
For the record, according to an article from 2008, they not only went to look for him...they did it 6 times despite being told not to. www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/weird/three-month-old-puppy-buried-by-tornado-rubble-rescued/83-402837578
David Cole the girls should have protected the dog with them
LOL ... Until I read the comments below, I thought I was the only person upset that PJ left his friends (and puppy) behind ... Then, they all just leave the scene and the puppy is not found until two days later! I wouldn't want to rely on PJ to be there for me in an emergency situation ... lesson learned! LOL!
PJ is a punk
PJ is a pos
Survival instincts save from getting killed or get killed
Mighty bold comment for someone who might've done the same thing in a similar scenario.
@@fructosecornsyrup5759 I'd make the same comment and I _have_ been in a similar scenario. I heard the freight train and felt my house shake so bad I thought the roof was about to come off, but I was fortunate that it didn't touch down until a few blocks past my home. You can bet your ass that I made sure my family AND my dog were all sheltered together and safe as possible. All of my family made sure the dog was with us because it's just what you do as a pet owner, and you keep track of _each other_ because it's what you do as a decent human being.
PJ was a selfish coward to abandon his friends and puppy like that to save his own ass.
i literally came to the comments to see about the dog sos
PJ is just a character all together .. I mean he runs off from his two friends every man for himself then the pup...it's a baby scared todeath.. I'd grabbed him .. people can say u don't know til ur in that situation .in my forty four years I've been where tornado HIT building.i was in four times but I've been in countless .I live in Tennessee,tornado all.and I'm a storm chaser. They scare me to death ( I'm strange I know ).. so yeah I've been in them as far as comein out of closet to find nothing else is standing.. been in car pinned.. so me and mother nature have met...lol
Right? I need closure.
Omg. Same. The guy abandoned his puppy? Screw you, dude.
Same
SOS, save our souls?
The guy who hit that shot is a hero and you don’t realize it
That man saved thousands of lives when he hit that shot
Flamgo
@@intercity_trainspotting flaming mango
Roll Tide hahaha
If that ball would have went in and out there could have been hundreds maybe thousands of fatalities in that tornado had he not hit that three so this young man really saved everyone's life in the Georgia dome by hitting that three-point shot and sending the game to overtime
*he left his friends*
*he left his dog*
*boy then expects Miracle* 🤔
Doggggg
I know. I was like you left your friends. What a loser!
that guy is a bad person...how are they all still friends? selfish jerk
well what would you have done? you cant say you wouldve done something right because chances are you havent lived through a tornado.
@MAP1086 i was in a tornado that killed 27 this year back in march. march 2nd 2020. it started in my county and ended in a tornado that destroyed parts of nashville
Nope im dragging my furbabys with me or staying with them...
You are so right woman power show them lady. I would stay with them to. One really cold winter we lost our electricity for awhile no heat . I had 3 cats and a little dog I wouldn't go no where else to stay.My fur babies can't go neither do I.
Furrbabies are more important than my health...
@MAP1086 yes my dog. I would cover her with my body and hang on. Some people love pets.
I thought you said furrbys
@MAP1086 reported for harassment.
PJ is the kind of guy that would trip you if you were being chased by a bear. They shouldve pushed him out the window when they saw him.
Rattys he's obviously not. He immediately came back for them.
@@pisces2569 he is sweet child. He'd push you in front of a shooter to save himself. You can tell what kind of person he is psychologically by what he said and his action. Believing otherwise makes you a fool. I have been in several dangerous situations that I remained calm in while others panicked so I know how I would handle it.
Kaderin Wroth A person reacting in fight or flight mode does not make them a coward or anything else. Not everyone can remain calm in this kind of situation. When you are in fight or flight mode, you don't think. You react on instinct, and that's exactly what happened. PJ suddenly found himself in danger and didn't know what was going on except he had to escape it. Once he was out of danger, he was able to think and went after his friends. He was smart to leave his dog. PJ isn't a trained SAR personnel. He doesn't know how to safely look for his dog in a collapsed building. For all he knew, it could have come down on him and his friends anytime soon. Heck it could have been unsafe even for SAR personnel, and human life trumps animal life. However, he did not abandon his dog. He found firefighters who are trained to deal with this kind of situation and begged them to rescue his dog which they did. It's completely unfair to judge him for his actions, and for all you know, he could have died if he didn't make the choices he made, making him useless to his friends and dog.
bfvdeo
@@pisces2569 ok now u make me feel bad for calling him a "character" earlier.. lol voice of reason that u are.. u comment is right everyone react s diff in a disaster . EMT first responder that I am know this ..but leaven the BABY dog TWICE irritated me . I would have had that baby scooped up as soon as she was haven't trouble puutin window down.. lol ergo we all are different..
Thanks for straighten me out..putting my humanity in check ..lol have a great day..
Amazing? You should have been the one to get the puppy and your friends to safety..wow! Honestly I have no words to describe you..wait yea I do but I can't post them
He'll make a great husband someday. 😂
"Miraculously, no one is hurt... but it's not over yet" must be this narrator's favorite line.
How did PJ leave his female friends and puppy? Fight or Flight in action! I would have had a hard time continuing a friendship with him!
@MAP1086 there is a right thing and a wrong thing to do a persons true nature comes out in situations like that they will either risk their life to save someone or give up and save themselves
Exactly
He's not a good person.
What does them being female have anything to do with it?
@@emmawerty1938 Our species didn't survive millennia of natural disasters, war, and animal attacks on the equality of the sexes.
Literally high tails it out of there leaving his friends behind.
Forgets about his dog and doesn't go back to find him.
F'ing coward.
That’s dudes a coward he wouldn’t even help his friends and t really made me mad when he left his dog behind.
Ya know?? Just wow
Like you know what you would do in that situation. Wanna be tough guy
I know I'd risk my life to save my dogs. I already did.
@@jasonwilliams1370 Think again asshat, tough has nothing to do with it. Been in several tornadoes and never left a person or pet behind, not everyone makes it 100% of the time in these things but you sure seem the type that would abandon everything to save your own hide, just from from your comment alone.
@@gidget_ Edit: nvm, just reread the comment. :)
The basketball player that hit the buzzer beater and sent the game to overtime was an absolute hero he basically saved around over a thousand fans that attended the game
Riley probably saved a few lives hitting that 3 pointer. Unknown effects...but just imagine the fans streaming out of the building when the tornado hits...probably not good. I remember this night pretty well because I live about 15-20 minutes north of the city and was hanging out in the living room watching TV, the moon was out, there wasn't a cloud in the sky and suddenly the weather channel kicks in with a red screen talking about a tornado. Was the craziest thing ever. We had had bad storms earlier that week, but on this night most of us weren't even active with Skywarn because there wasn't even really a chance of rain. Just a freak occurrence.
I remember that weekend the tornado 🌪 struck Atlanta. I was 10 years old in 4th Grade at the time. I’ve been a weather enthusiast since I was a kid. I remember watching the weather channel and local news stations 🚉 talk about what occurred the previous night. It was very unexpected event especially for metropolitan area that doesn’t usually get this type of dangerous weather.
spirals 73 I bet you were. Scary event to go through and survive.
My mom actually was in the tornado. She lived in Roswell and was heading home from a friends house (who happened to live in downtown Atlanta). She was driving with my grandma and was hit by the tornado. She and my grandma sat in the car being hit by hail and waited it out until it was over. Turns out it was this tornado.
PJ is the absolute chad. First runs off without his friends, while they're in a crumbling apartment, taking in the full brunt of the storm, then also leaving the dog to die. Jesus.😂
Yeah, I could maybe forgive a moment of panic, I've never been in that situation so who knows if I'd freak out. But I do KNOW I sure as F wouldn't leave my dog behind after it was over. What a dick.
Agreed. Total self.
Im editing this bc i dont need the fight, but cmon. He’s human. He saved his friends. He has instincts.
I was thinking the same thing, he's leaving his friends and puppy and running away and didn't think to take them with him to safety! WTF! He left a precious puppy and 2 ladies to fend for themselves. I'm not leaving a woman behind for sure and that poor puppy. I understand panic makes you do things you might regret later but a man should not leave his friends like that.
I remember that night. Terrifying. I had been visiting Atlanta for the Georgia Aquarium that day and decided to stay the night at a hotel before getting back on the road in the morning to head back home to Jacksonville, Florida. This had been my first solo trip by myself since I had just turned 24 the previous month and that was a big step for myself since I was only a little small framed female and my parents were still a bit overprotective. I had called them and told them the weather looked bad and I was staying put and what hotel and room number I was on my little flip phone at the time. I went to bed and was awoken by the tornado. Oh the wind! It was HOWLING. I turned the tv on to see what was going on and my room phone rang. It was the front desk telling me to get into the bathroom or hallway since there was a tornado headed right for us! I panicked and hung up with them and used that phone since my cell phone didn’t have service anymore and called my dad since I knew my mom’s cell was having issues with reception at the time. He answered half asleep and I told him that this might be it for me and the hotel was about to be hit by a tornado and they I loved him and my mom. I told them my cell had no reception and I needed to get into the bathroom since my window was cracking before it broke completely sending glass at my face. Thank goodness for glasses! I left the phone off the hook and ran into the bathroom and hid in the tub with pillows and blankets. My ears popped a few times. I came out to a trashed room with a broken window and my parents screaming for me on the phone. I told them the room is trashed, that I couldn’t stay there, that I was getting dressed, and I would meet them on I 75 in Macon. I did just that. Fortunately my car was fine since I was in the parking garage and was shielded from the storm by two huge SUV’s that decided they want to park next to me, that happens everywhere I go; something huge always parks next to me, I got into my little 5 speed Toyota Corolla and hit I-75 after checking out. About 20 mins of being on the road and seeing emergency vehicles speeding up 75 NB I get my reception back and I call my parents who were on I-10 acting like it was the Daytona 500 with my dad behind the wheel. They had already gotten pulled by FHP and given a warning on going too fast after they explained to the trooper that their only child just went through a tornado in Atlanta. I ended up meeting them at the Georgia Welcome center on 75. My mom drove my car home since I was exhausted and the adrenaline was wearing off at that time. I fell asleep in my dad’s car on the way back. They didn’t take me to my place and actually brought me back home that night. The next morning I noticed the glass from my hotel window breaking ended up scratching me all over my face, neck, and arms. However no lasting scars. That was one of the most terrifying nights of my life! To this day I can’t sleep when severe storms rip through at night, especially Hurricanes since they cause tornadoes.
So glad you made it out safe. Stay blessed.
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I ain reading allat but I’m glad your not dead
Thank GOD you’re okay!!! ❤️
Cool story bro.
I’ll never forget this. I was already terrified of tornadoes as a 10 year old, and I lived 30 minutes from downtown at the time. One of the scariest nights of my childhood
Olivia Me too. I live in Gwinnett county in metro Atlanta. Remember this like yesterday.
Not gonna lie the basketball player from Alabamas team was a hero he saved everyone in the stadium by forcing the game into overtime after scoring the 3 pointer
I lived through an F2 tornado when I was 2 so I don't remember that. But I lived in Connecticut so that's unheard of lol and just the thunderstorm winds were 90 mph.
It's a good thing that game went into overtime. Had it ended on time all those people wold have been outdoors when the twister hit. There would have been far more fatalities and injuries.
Yeah, we heard
THE DOG LIVED!!
also if i was in a collapsing building i would make sure my dogs got out before i did
But why? You’d really and truly save a dog before yourself? That doesn’t even sound noble it sounds untrue. Not many would die for a dog lol. I mean, Its a DOG
Katie M The american economy has deemed me a worthless product of labor with no soul. My life has no value or meaning
MAP1086 it’s a youtube comment quit being so vicious
Yeah, sure you would!
Dumbest thing I’ve heard
I live right outside of Atlanta and boy do I remember that day!
I remember that too, scary tornado
@@xXanimevampireXx same
I remember watching the game the night of the tornado
Thank god that pup was ok, I was infuriated they didn't say if the pup was okay or not right after pj was safe
who cares about the pup
@@allentoyokawa9068 Any type of pet is our second best friend dude. Wdym
@@RG066 I'm sure PJ was terrified when he realized he couldn't find his dog I would be also If I was in his shoes my pet's aren't just pet's to me Molly and Sweet Pea are my family my girls they maybe cat's but they are my daughter's and I would be so heartbroken if something happen to them in weather like that
@@allentoyokawa9068Everyone.
@@allentoyokawa9068 BOT on the loose!
I have 2 - 24 year old cats & feed 4 more for the last 14 years.
I would have never left a puppy behind to die.
All 3 of these so called adults should be ashamed of themselves and that fool should never be allowed to have a pet again.
His callousness is unconscionable and unforgivable.
My aunt & uncle were in the Georgia Dome when it happened! He said it was pretty scary.
Once your in a tornado it's something that u never forget.. You can't forget the noise it sounds like a frate train all around you and really loud, the wind constantly whistle it's loud also . You hear hail hitting the house all the same time you hear thunder and lighting. To top that off your house is violently shaking and glass is shattering all around u. A tornado is one scariest things u experience other than a hurricane.I was in a tornado when I was a kid it struck at 330 in the afternoon. One of my classmates was sucked up in the tornado it carried her 200 feet. She was way to young to die. I hope that paints you a picture of what it's like.
PJ: it’s a miracle I served! Others: ya! It our expense and the poor puppy you f-ing dong!
It’s a miracle he didn’t get his as::cough::s kicked for leaving two women and that little fur baby puppy behind in grave danger. That poor puppy was so small and defenseless, left abandoned and terrified in carnage. I have fostered and adopted many rescues, it’s so heartbreaking to see them struggle with trauma after being abused and abandoned. Even after finding their forever loving home, some of the scars of their past never fully fade away. There is a special place in “H.E. Double Hockey Sticks” for people like PJ.
Storm radios that turn on automatically would have helped the people in the loft....thankfully, with the 911 warnings on cell phones, there are a lot less surprises these days. Glad the dog was o.k. I was moving home that day, and my mom called me and warned me about the tornado, so I stayed in Valdosta overnight, and drove in the next day. The windows blown out on the Peachtree Plaza and the Equitable buildings was surprising.
I really do wish homes in tornado prone areas were required to have a NOAA weather radio the same way they're required to have smoke detectors. It's so vitally important for safety, especially during nocturnal events.
As someone who recently got a puppy, I can’t fathom just leaving him. I don’t care what’s going on he’s my first priority. The second I sensed danger I’d have grabbed him and had him with me. Some people don’t deserve animals.
This was 11 years ago...
"The 2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak was a tornado outbreak that affected the Southeastern United States on March 14-15, 2008. A tornado caused widespread damage across downtown Atlanta, including to the CNN Center and to the Georgia Dome"
My dad has to go to Atlanta on the next day and it was coming down I-75 to my house in Morgan county and is was speechless
I like how everyone is talking about the dog, but I lived through this tornado. My family had been watching the SEC Tournament on TV. All those people in the stadium could have gotten seriously hurt if the game hadn't gone to OT. That basically saved people's lives that night.
That game aired on WTTO CW21 that day.
We had an ef3 in Revere Massachusetts I think like 7 years ago maybe more maybe less. That's two seconds from Boston.
we had an ef4 two ef2s and an ef5 where i live
The two people that were trying to escape from the tornado April Donaldson and James Mcconnell were heroes they did the right thing by diving behind a neighbors house and covering their hands and then riding the fury of the storm while the twister passed just right over them.
Yay the puppy lived lol I. Serious to. I'm so glad. We all know we are closer to our pets than most of our friends. Well normal people. My best friend isn't waiting for me at the door. Or wants to snuggle up to me and get warm. Or act strange and funny and make me laugh like cats and dogs with personalities y'all know what I'm talking about.
That poor dog had to wait scared alone. So glad they found that baby.
PJ is a real jerk-off, abandoning his friends and also, his new puppy who must have been so terrified without anyone to comfort the poor thing. He even referred to his puppy as "the dog." and was not at all upset that his puppy was missing, or worse. What a sociopath. I'd die for my 2 cats. Animals are wonderful and innocent companions, with good souls. They deserve the world.
Right?! That's what I noticed too, he didn't say "my dog" or use his name. I'm hoping puppy got a different owner after that.
13:42 - So dude jetted out of the apartment and left the women there to die?
They all had a chance to die. It was a free for all on who could avoid the collapsing, and the suction. They didn't fully know that it was even a tornado you fool.
Remember watching the SEC Basketball tourney that night on tv and seeing the scoreboard sway and had no idea what was happening, That game going to OT saved so many people's lives
I dont care what anyone says I WILL ALWAYS BRING MY PET SNAKES INTO SHELTER WITH ME!!
That idiot I would have never left my dog behind. I would have stayed in the building until I found it.
he rlly left his puppy behind🥺
the guy left the girls on the top floor i would never talk to him again
I visited Atlanta some years ago and, one evening, we had one of the most intense thunderstorms I have ever experienced. I’m not sure if it was a supercell or not but it was bad.
i’ve lived in atlanta for the 21 years i’ve been alive and the way thunder sounds still scares tf out of me. it sounds like a bowling ball being rolled across the floor. which sounds like a tornado. i’ve accidentally gone out during a tornado (more than once) bc i thought it was just thunder
He left the puppy??!
PJ is a jerk!! Leaving the ladies and a puppy behind to save himself....hope the boy matured into a better man. I hope the puppy was rehomed with more loving, protective people. PJ isnt fur daddy material.
hahaha I wasn't sure if it was just me getting pos vibes from PJ but I'm so glad I came to the comments to find out I'm def not the only one
Pieces is more than likely PJ guys. Notice he is commenting on every remark against PJ!
I agree. He's either PJ or he's a fellow coward. He actually said that running away when you're scared doesn't make you a coward!!! That's the exact definition of a coward...someone who runs away when they're scared!
@@cocokai9661 It's probably him. Trying to pretend others are with him. lol What a serious dope PJ is!
This guy didn’t deserve to have a pet. Much lees any children.
Selfish kids! Super glad the puppy survived....2 DAYS AFTER!?😤
The 1st thing I would have grabbed is my dog. Not leave the dog and friends behind. Coward.
MsCathy42 he’s not a coward. PJ suddenly found himself in danger and didn’t know what was going on except he had to get out. He was panicky and went into flight mode. This is natural human behavior. Not everybody is calm or rational in the face of disaster. He is not trained to deal with a situation like this. Yet despite that, he went back for his friends. He wasn’t unable to save the dog then because the building was unsafe, but he did not abandon it. He begged firefighters to save his puppy which they did.
Not only did he leave his dog but he RAN AND LEFT 2 WOMEN! He is just that, a coward. Sad...
Tim Twait he didn't leave them. He came back for them. Not everybody can stop and think in the face of immediate danger, and it doesn't make one less cowardly. PJ was simply in fight or flight mode. In addition, human life trumps animal life, and none of them are trained SAR personnel who know how to safely search a collapsed building. He made the right decision to leave his dog. He did get actual trained SAR personnel to rescue his dog so he didn't abandon it.
Pisces you shouldn’t leave your dog for others to take care that dog is your responsibility and you put it in that situation therefore it is your responsibility to take care of it and get it out of that situation. Maybe he’s not a coward but he’s one hell of a horrible dog owner
FaithIn TheReins i wouldn't call him a horrible dog owner either. The building just collapsed and none of them are trained SAR personnel. If PJ and his friends started moving debris around they could trigger another collapse, or the building could just collapse further on its own onto them. This could kill them or severely injure them making them useless to help the dog. It was better to escape and find an expert to rescue the dog.
Any person that does not bother to save their pets, are truly disgusting people.
Atlanta is in Dixie Alley another area tornadoes commonly form the peak months for Dixie Alley are January, through April & Mid Autumn or Fall Georgia, Alabama, & Mississippi are the states that Dixie Alley takes up but even areas like Alaska can get hit anywhere in the world so even if your area doesn't get hit by tornadoes be prepared!
I remember this. I was living in Fort Knox, Kentucky at the time. I went on the weather channel website and just pulled up the regional radar for the area. I noticed that Atlanta had a supercell pop up seemingly out of nowhere. Little did I know how bad it really was.
If that was me i would of made sure i found the dog first
Why first? Why find the dog BEFORE human lives that are trapped? I seriously can’t understand when people say this stuff. Humans /families/Mothers/fathers/Sons/Daughters are more important than dogs.
@@katiem4539 He LEFT his friends too! Grow up and learn to adopt some compassion. Don't get a pet if you don't care about it's safety. People like you is why there is so much evil in the world! Seek Jesus!
@@katiem4539 Hi PJ! lollll
Not the dog!
I worked in DT Atlanta and was in a bar less than one mile away from the Tornado. At one point two sets of doors that opened out to a patio opened due to the pressure and wind, the lights went out and rain flooded in a good forty feet inside the bar.
They had to close downtown again Monday night as broken glass was pelting down from the busted windows in the skyscrapers. They had to put scaffolding over all they sidewalks along Peachtree to protect downtown pedestrians from bits of falling glass. The scaffolding was there for months.
😡After two days they made a last attempt to look for the dog ....I’m done
Who the hell leaves their dog behind? 🙄
And their friends?
it doesn’t make much sense if you don’t like the dog give it back to a shelter that could get it into better hands
This made me cry like don’t leave the dog behind
Coward
Holy shit … I have never seen this before! Never knew this happened either. Weirdly enough I love seeing live broadcast footage of severe weather during baseball games lol. The Big Guy upstairs definitely guided that player to making the basket and keeping everybody inside.
Just like in fort worth tx downtown we got struck by tornado to at downtown back
In 2000
I remember that. It was 3/28/00, and I will always remember the exact date because it was my un-birthday. lol
I remember the papers flying all over the place after and the FBI agents running around trying to collect everything since one of their offices was in that tower that was hit. My mom and I had tickets to a thing at the convention center a few days after, and glass was STILL falling from that tower.
PJ shouldn’t have been allowed to have that puppy
I couldn't have a lower opinion of PJ if I tried. Dude abandoned two women AND HIS PUPPY to save his own ass? Selfish coward.
I've had a tornado pass over the top of my home close enough that I heard the freight train and felt the entire house shake to the point I thought the roof was about to come off. I TOOK MY DOG WITH ME TO SHELTER IN THE BATHROOM.😡
Part of being a pet owner in parts of the country that can get tornados is making sure they're safe right along with you because they can't do it for themselves. I lost my dog to lymphoma in 2018, but before then? Any time dangerous weather was imminent, I made sure her collar AND harness were on and I had her leash ready to grab. It's just what you do.
I wish someone else would have taken that puppy after it was recovered, because he certainly didn't deserve to keep it.
What kind of person abandons their puppy? Or even their friends?
Jim Cantore says near the 6:05 mark, that in Atlanta's 100-year history, a tornado has never hit downtown. Well, there's always a first time.
Can't believe he left his dog. Real animal lover. Been thru 🌀 and dogs were out first. Guess I love ❤ my animals more than most.
Man, I feel bad saying this but that guy left his two friends AND his puppy to save himself.
Nah.
cole Marie that really sucks! The worst of humanity!
I would have looked for the dog first!!! What a Jack Ass...just sayin'
@@janhoyle1462 so but when your in flight mode you dont think
cole Marie he was simply in flight or fight mode and when he got out of it, he went back for them.
@@cherieleonard2606 stupid dog isnt worth a human life!!
I guess old PJ never has to ask himself what he'd do in a crises. He knows. He'd run like a coward and leave everyone he cares about behind.
Why the f**k would you not bring the puppy!? I would have protected my dog with my life!
But I get it, the building was unsafe blah blah blah...
I’m truly heartbroken 😔
although I’m happy the puppy is alive
Exactly what I was thinking caleb! I'd walk through a goddamn volcano for my cats!
Dana Doozer exactly! My cat always comes first!
How about you reply instead of posting a different comment
You don't have to reply just to talk to pipo Stfu ozone. What kinda dumb ass name is that anyway?
I love animals (especially dogs) and i would never leave anything or anyone, if that was me i would be crying in distraught
Excuse me you LEFT the dog?!?!?!
This kinda hits home for me. Me and my dad were going to go to the game but cancelled because we just decided to stay home.
Did "the dog" have a name? Is it really the guy's dog, or is it one of the girls' dogs? Was he looking after "the dog" for someone else? I find it hard to believe that "the dog" is his with how much he refers to the dog as "the dog."
The video said the dogs name was Jackson
Wow. Pieces of craaaaaaap. You don't leave humans or animals behind.
I went in to a construction project on Monday after that tornado and saw that column reinforcement steel, #11 rebar (1 3/8 inches thick) from some of the footings had been bent from vertical to a forty-five degree angle. The windows had been blown out of a stairway at a parking deck across the street.
Many windows had been blown out of the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, and since the codes had changed and the glass was no longer available, all the glass, even the undamaged panels, had to be replaced.
That bent rebar on the footings must've been hit by some heavy ass debris or something. Maybe the winds could do that, but at 135mph or less, that seems unlikely.
Not just only NCAA Southeastern Conference Tournament, the rear tornado also hit CNN Headquarters in Atlanta Downtown.
Too bad CNN hq wasn't demolished.
Damien Alicea haha, thank god?
Too bad it didn't take Don Lemon with it
You couldn't have pulled me away from the building until I found my damn dog!
That boy was quite the coward.
Imagine if it was an EF3, 4, or 5 tornado.
And I agree with everyone else. P.J. is a P.0.S. for leaving his friends and dog behind. Not everyone are brave souls.
Some man. Leaving the women behind. They always tell you to STICK TOGETHER in emergency situations. He wouldn't be my friend after that. Also his puppy would be mine. Hope PJ realizes that any future employers will this and k ow he cannot be depended on in an emergency and probably won't hire him because of that, especially this day and age... they needed people level heads not man boys who run at the slightest hint of danger.
Kaderin Wroth a building collapsing is hardly the slightest hint of danger.
@@pisces2569 PJ quit defending yourself. You revealed yourself to be a loser. Accept it.
Kaderin Wroth I'm not PJ. I just don't judge people for how they react in danger from the safety of my computer.
PJ is a coward. That guy immediately got on my nerves.
What a coward..abandons his friends and his little puppy!
I remember this night it was wild. I was 13 at the time. My step dad had actually been downtown at the time and he said that he was in the car and felt the worst ear pressure. he had no idea there was a tornado warning
Poor Dog 🐕☹️
Try to tell OKC that tornadoes are rare in metropolitan areas.
pj ran and let the puppy fend for itself. 👌. poor dog. very unlucky to get him as master.
Omg im soooo glad the dog didnt die❤️❤️
PJ is a wimp lmao 😂
What would you suggest, he huddle and cry like the girls? 😃
I remember this day well. I live in Alabama but have extended family in Newnan, Ga. They normally go to the Alabama games but one of them was sick that nite and they stayed home. I remember another extended family member locally calling us freaking out because they couldn't reach them.
mike richardson any of those family members or friends named Natalie Hanson?
Or Kate Hanson (maiden: Tucker)- Natalie’s maiden: Bryant?
No no relation sorry. Their last name is wiggington
mike richardson Remember the Tornado 🌪 outbreak of 2011. A powerful tornado devastated the Tuscaloosa area. Multiple tornadoes hit the southeast that spring. Lots of damage, injuries and loss of life caused by those ⛈ storms. Was where you lived hit hard by those storms at that time?
@@dariusparris2698 yes my area was hit but not in magnitude compared to many others. Further south was the town's of Hackleburg/Phil Campbell which were devastated by an EF5. You may or may not have heard of it as it received hardly any news due to Tuscaloosa's tragedy.
I am too much of a dog lover as someone who previously helped with raising several litters of puppies from 10 to 24 years old until they were 8-10 weeks old and off to their forever homes, to leave a dog in that situation. Call me stupid or irrational, whatever, I am going to risk the building coming down on me while searching for the dog. I could never leave my black lab or any of the dogs I helped raise or even roommates dogs I lived with previously.
PJ didn't deserve to get his puppy back. Poor puppy deserves and should have gone to a better owner who won't leave him behind. I always grab my cat when we have tornado warnings/tornadoes here. If she goes, I go too.
I live north of ATL, and i remember hearing about this tornado on the news.
That's was my fourth born cousin Bassy, was my eighth born cousin Danny's older brother, and my Auntie, and Uncle's first born son on my Mom side was celebrating his 23rd Birthday at the time when he was at University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, when I was at Huffman High School in Birmingham, Alabama.
Great Post... Keep up the good work
How dare you PJ, I dont think he deserves that puppy and his friends