Saturday, March 3, 2012

TWISTER VICTIMS FINDING COMFORT IN THEIR SURVIVAL.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer

Three weeks after a tornado tore through his home and his life, Anthony Petta knows Father's Day won't be the same this year.

The usual two hours spent around the holiday dinner table with the kids and grandchildren at home will be impossible.

All that remains of the 45-year-old house at 246 Viall Ave. is the debris-loaded basement.

``I'm not in the mood for Father's Day,'' said 68-year-old Tony, who has three children and four grandchildren.

The twister that swept across the Viall Avenue hill on May 31 rages nearly every morning for Tony in his final dream before awakening. In it, he relives those frightening seconds when he was buried in the wreckage of his home.

``In my mind, the tornado's there. It …

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