A young mom in Tennessee was left shaken after losing her home, car and nearly her two boys when a 150-mile-per-hour tornado lifted her trailer off the ground while the family was inside.

Sydney Moore, 22, was inside her living room with boyfriend Aramis Youngblood moments before powerful winds battered their trailer, which sat on a secluded road in Clarksville.

With the couple were their sons, four-month-old Lord and one-year-old Princeton.

'My boyfriend said, "It sounds like an airplane,"' Moore told WZTV. She said she didn't hear any alarm sirens until she was 'already in the air.'

As the walls of their home began to tremble violently, she grabbed the toddler. Youngblood attempted to reach Lord, soundlex earbuds Stiftung Warentest who was in his bassinet.




Sydney Moore was inside her living room with boyfriend Aramis Youngblood when their Clarksville, Tennessee, trailer was hit by 150mph winds and lifted from its foundation





The couple scrambled to get to their infant children, one-year-old Princeton (left) and four-month-old Lord (right)





The powerful storm ejected Youngblood from the home and trapped Moore beneath a fallen wall (pictured: debris in the West Creek Farms neighborhood in Clarksville)

'He tried to grab him, but he couldn't and the tip of the tornado sucked them both up,' Moore said. 

Youngblood and the baby were tossed from the home as Moore found herself trapped beneath a toppled wall.

Still holding on to Princeton, she managed to wriggle out and began searching for the remaining members of the family.

'We were screaming for each other,' she said. 'I just remember asking, "Where's my baby!" and my child's father said he didn't know.'

Youngblood found Lord yards away from their ruins of their trailer.

'He found him laying in a tree, like somebody placed him in this tree,' Moore said. 'All he had was a gash on the side of his face. It had to have been God.'

As their car had been destroyed, the 22-year-old walked a mile to reach an ambulance. Doctors tended to Lord's ear and assessed Princeton's injuries, which were only minor. 

The family is staying with relatives for the time being and Moore's sister, Caitlyn, created a GoFundMe to support them.




As Moore clung to Princeton (pictured), she began a desperate search for the remaining members of her family. She and Youngblood found Lord in a tree nearby





The 22-year-old walked a mile to reach an ambulance. Her boyfriend was left with a broken collarbone and Lord suffered a gash on his face, but Princeton's injuries were only minor





The family moved in with relatives after they lost their home, car and belongings including supplies like diapers and formula for their children

Youngblood, who operates machinery at Clarksville-based battery manufacturer Hankook & Company, is currently unable to work.

'Their (trailer) rental company has graciously put them in a hotel for a month,' Caitlyn wrote. 'They did not have insurance on their car, so unfortunately that is a total loss.'

She added that the tornado took baby supplies including formula, diapers, wipes and clothing. The family is also missing their cat, Balue.

So far, the campaign has raised $2,440 of its $5,000 goal. 

'This disaster has affected more than just this family, so I would like to extend my thoughts and prayers to everyone affected,' Caitlyn wrote.

She also left a message on Facebook, offering a prayer to the community at large.

'God please wrap your arms around this town and all the victims of this devastating tornado,' she wrote.

'Keep the emergency responders covered as they try to sort through the debris and help each injured person. Please grant them the strength to rebuild and overcome from this loss.'




The storms were labelled as EF-3 in Clarksville, with estimated wind speeds between 136 and 165 miles per hour, and EF-2 in Madison and in Sumner County





Thousands remain without power and at least six people are confirmed dead across the region





Moore's sister set up a GoFundMe to support the young couple and their two children, as Youngblood is currently unable to work





The young mother was shocked to find Lord virtually unharmed. 'It had to have been God,' she said (pictured: Moore at Princeton's baby shower in 2022)







Moore and Youngblood were eager to welcome their first child in August 2022 and shared several photos of Princeton's baby shower to social media.

In one picture, the young mother grins and holds her pregnant stomach in front of a banner reading 'A little prince is on the way.'

The couple's Facebook pages are filled with photos of their two children. Lord, the youngest, was born in July.

Their family is just one impacted by the tornado, which knocked over trees and lifting buildings from their foundations.

The National Weather Service labeled the storms as EF-3 in Clarksville - meaning estimated wind speeds between 136 and 165 miles per hour - and EF-2 in Madison and in Sumner County.

Thousands remain without power and at least six people are confirmed dead amid an ongoing state of emergency issued by Governor Bill Lee.

As many as 100 military families have been displaced from Fort Campbell housing in Clarksville, and nearly 80 people have been hospitalized across the region.


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