{"id":85,"date":"2025-05-27T14:26:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=85"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:26:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:26:24","slug":"college-student-ejected-from-car-during-tornado-while-on-call-with-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"College Student Ejected From Car During Tornado While On Call With Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13533\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-377.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>University Student Survives Being Thrown from Car During EF-3 Tornado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mya Grimes, a 20-year-old Jackson State University student, narrowly survived an EF-3 tornado that struck\u00a0<strong>St. Louis<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>May 16, 2025<\/strong>. While driving home on Pershing Avenue, Mya was speaking to her mother when her car was caught in the storm\u2019s path.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe car started spinning in circles. I held on for dear life, praying and screaming \u2018Jesus,\u2019\u201d she recalled. The windshield shattered, and she was\u00a0<strong>flung 40 yards down the road<\/strong>\u00a0near Union and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Before the storm hit, her father had warned her to get home quickly. As the weather worsened, she called her mother, who described the horrifying call: \u201cShe said, \u2018It\u2019s taking me,\u2019 and then the phone disconnected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite her injuries, Mya crawled to a light pole and flagged down an ambulance. She was released from the hospital with\u00a0<strong>minor burns and cuts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"College student recounts surviving tornado in St. Louis after being thrown from car\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_R7qFA9PrXs?feature=oembed\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The next day, Mya shared her experience on Instagram, writing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI walked out of a tornado today\u2026 my car was spun, I was thrown out, slid 40 yards, and crawled to a light pole. I\u2019m not lucky, I\u2019m BLESSED. GOD KEPT ME.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also urged others to seek faith:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease, get right with God. You\u2019re not too young, too far, too imperfect, or too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13534\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-378.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>What began as a routine drive turned into a moment of sheer survival and spiritual awakening for Mya, who now views her escape as a divine miracle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Student Survives Being Thrown from Car During EF-3 Tornado Mya Grimes, a 20-year-old Jackson State University student, narrowly survived an EF-3 tornado that struck\u00a0St. Louis\u00a0on\u00a0May 16, 2025. While driving &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}