When Tracy Lynn Coats saw a grand piano in the wreckage of a church hit by the Easter Sunday tornado that ripped through Chattanooga, Tennessee, she felt drawn to play it.
Faith Community Wesleyan Church is on the way to her father's house, which was spared by a powerful EF-3 tornado that tore through the community and killed at least three people. It was one of dozens of tornadoes spawned by a storm system that stretched from Texas to South Carolina over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service."It [the church] was completely destroyed except for the stage that had a piano on it," she said."I was like 'Oh my goodness.
— Josh Roe NC9 April 15, 2020 Coats said the first song she played was the hymn"It Is Well With My Soul," because it had been going through her head since the storm.She said two longtime members of the church drove up while she was playing."They were going to gather some things and kind of go through the rubble and look for anything salvageable," she said.They asked her to play other hymns, and they all sang together in the wreckage.
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