12 of 74 killed in Kentucky tornado outbreak were children; over 100 people still missing
CBSN
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said Tuesday the state's death toll in what he described as one of "the worst tornado events" in Kentucky history remains at 74, and 12 of those who died were children. The youngest victim was 2 months old and the oldest was 98.
"There are unquestionably more than 100 people that are still unaccounted for," Beshear said at a press briefing.
Officials do not believe the death count will be finalized for several more days.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.