With nearly two dozen people killed in a tornado outbreak that shattered a rural community in east Alabama,notifying the families of the dead was a huge, gut-wrenching task, done in the privacy of a country church.Pastor Rusty Sowell, with the county coroner behind him, would put his hand on the door to each Sunday schoolclassroom at Providence Baptist Church, where dozens of family members were told to gather. Inside, peopleawaited word on whether loved ones were dead or alive.
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机译：在龙卷风爆发中有近二十人丧生，阿拉巴马州东部的一个农村社区崩溃了。 r n通知死者家属是一项艰巨的任务，要在乡村教堂的私下里进行。鲁斯·索威尔（Rusty Sowell）在县验尸官的身后，将他的手放在普罗维登斯浸信会教堂每个主日教室的门上，告诉数十名家庭成员聚会。在里面，人们正在等待关于亲人是死还是活的消息。
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