Nearly 300 are killed across the South , and dozens are killed in Tuscaloosa , Alabama . `` It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line , '' said Dr. Brian Wilhite , an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded . Comment: Witness : `` It looked like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line '' ` ` It 's mind-boggling to think you walked away , '' one survivor says .
Nearly 300 are killed across the South , and dozens are killed in Tuscaloosa , Alabama . Comment: Witness : `` It looked like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line '' `` It 's mind-boggling to think you walked away , '' one survivor says .