Send Bring Hanah Home: The Search for a Dog Lost in a Tornado

Posted: 11:16 AM Apr 9, 2012
Reporter: Ryan Naquin

Bring Hanah Home

Every day, Kari Wilkes is haunted by the day that changed her life, May 22, 2011. While her daughter was at school and her husband was at work, and EF-5 tornado ripped through her Joplin, Missouri home.

"It was really dark. I could see debris just flying," she said.

To stay alive, Kari and her dogs hid in a closet.

"Once the door flew open, it sucked Hanah out of my arms. I fell forward and I was being pulled forward as well. I was able to get my bearings back and get into the closet and my other dog threw himself on top of me to weigh me down," said Kari Wilkes.

In Little River, Kari's mother heard it all over the phone.

"Just the screaming, we thought she was taken up into the tornado, and she had just dropped the phone. We were disconnected and the minutes seemed like hours and she finally called us."

Kari thought Hanah was gone forever, but two days later, she found hope. Someone responded to her flyer.

Kari went to pick the dog up, but she was too late. Hanah had run away and since then, the search for the one blue-eyed, one hazel-eyed American Bulldog has gone cold.

So why keep searching? Why keep looking for a dog no one has seen in over a year? Well in Hebrew "Hanah" means grace, and Keri hopes by the grace of God she will find Hanah once again.

Kari believes someone took Hanah out of state, not realizing she had a home. So Kari turned to Facebook and now more than 13,000 people have joined the effort to bring Hanah home.

To help Kari and Hanah reunite or to find out more about the pair, scroll down and click on the link to the Facebook page: Bring Hanah Home.

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