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Family recalls tornado victim and pain that followed
Son: ‘It’s hard, even though it’s been 20 years’
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Jeff Underwood holds a portrait of his late father, Ronald, in Gainesville, on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Ronald Underwood died after his delivery truck was thrown into Lanier Elementary School in Murrayville during the March 20, 1998, tornado that devastated North Hall 20 years ago. - photo by David Barnes
Jeff Underwood wonders if a mere 30 seconds would have made the difference. These days, he said he can only speculate how things may have turned out for his father, Ronald Underwood, had just a few more ticks of the clock passed before he drove his produce truck down Thompson Bridge Road the morning of March 20, 1998, in Murrayville.