THREE RIVERS, MI — Ashley Steel had just parked outside Applebee’s, 1330 W. Broadway St., for her 4 p.m. shift when she saw the roof of Menards and a sea of debris fly into the air.
Within seconds, a reported tornado had descended on Steel, before she could run inside the restaurant.
“I was going to die,” Steel told MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette about the thoughts running through her mind. “I closed my eyes and just kept screaming… I felt sticks, I felt the trees.”…