December 19, 2015
By Ava Benny-Morrison
As Peter Rox (click here) waited anxiously under dark skies for the road to his tornado-ravaged house to reopen, his 13-year-old daughter turned to him with a question.
"Dad can we return my Christmas presents?" Bree Rox said.
The family needed money for their house, the teenager argued....
..."They were really upset and frightened.
"My daughter is 13 and she is finding it quite hard to be inside so she is over at a friend's trying to think of other things."
The Rox family live in one of many properties on Tasman Street that were ripped apart by this week's tornado. It is a street that celebrates Christmas Day together each year, taking chairs and beers onto the front lawns while kids ride new bikes and scooters up and down the cul-de-sac....
By Ava Benny-Morrison
As Peter Rox (click here) waited anxiously under dark skies for the road to his tornado-ravaged house to reopen, his 13-year-old daughter turned to him with a question.
"Dad can we return my Christmas presents?" Bree Rox said.
The family needed money for their house, the teenager argued....
..."They were really upset and frightened.
"My daughter is 13 and she is finding it quite hard to be inside so she is over at a friend's trying to think of other things."
The Rox family live in one of many properties on Tasman Street that were ripped apart by this week's tornado. It is a street that celebrates Christmas Day together each year, taking chairs and beers onto the front lawns while kids ride new bikes and scooters up and down the cul-de-sac....