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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
Lesley Clark

Sad, brave, tornado-ravaged Beauregard greets Trump as he arrives to comfort townspeople after disaster

BEAUREGARD, Ala. _ Skyla Hudson, 41, is mourning her aunt, Vicki Braswell, a sunny presence who relished "dates" with her grandchildren and was among the 23 who died in the series of tornadoes that struck here Sunday, transforming a close-knit town into a grieving family.

President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, came to town to pay their respects Friday, Hudson and most of Beauregard took solace.

"I know she's smiling down," Hudson, of Columbus, said of her aunt, who would have turned 70 in May. "She just would have loved to meet him."

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