Monster twister takes 10 members from one family

BEAUREGARD, Alabama - The youngest victim was 6, the oldest 89. Relatives said one extended family lost 10 members.

The total of 23 people killed in the nation's deadliest tornado in nearly six years came into focus on Tuesday with the release of their names by the coroner.

They included 6-year-old Armando Hernandez Jr, known as "AJ", torn from his father's arms two days after singing in his first-grade class musical; 10-year-old Taylor Thornton, who loved horses and was visiting a friend's home when the twister struck; and Jimmy Lee Jones, 89, who perished along with his wife of six decades, Mary Louise, and one of their sons.