Sue Ogrocki / APJennifer Rogers, left and her husband Nyle Rogers, right, smiles while keeping your baby Jack Nicolas Rogers, at their home in Edmond, Okla., Tuesday, January 14, 2014.
By Kristi Eaton, The Associated PressOKLAHOMA CITY - School wall collapsed about Jennifer Doan Rogers as he desperately tried to protect pupils from third grade as a tornado ripped through their community of Oklahoma. The young teacher had been one of his hands Nicolas McCabe, 9-year-old with an infectious smile.
But it was not enough to protect it.
The tornado monstrous level part of Plaza towers elementary in Moore, killing six of his students - including Nicolas - last spring. Rogers, who was pregnant with eight weeks, was buried under the rubble with a broken back.
"It was actually the closest to me, that was at hand, that not to do so," he said.
Seven months later, Rogers gave birth to a child. She named it after Nicolas.
Rogers, 31, said that he had been thinking for some time. I wasn't sure if it would bring her sadness over his own son the name of his former pupil, a child who wanted to assemble his go-kart, and according to his father, never met a stranger. He was also very close to his mother.
Ultimately, Rogers said, she and her husband decided to Jack Nicolas.
The new mother hoped it would help her infant son, who was born in December, in the recovery of injuries, both physical and emotional - that suffered during the storm. EF5 tornado of first level, with winds over 200 mph, tore a path of 17-mile drive from the devastation of the suburb of Oklahoma City on May 20. The storm killed 24 people and destroyed scores of houses and buildings, including two primary schools.
Father Nicholas, Scott McCabe, struggles to talk about losing his only son. But said that Nicolas, regardless of age or sex, friend them. He often shared his lunch with their friends.
Learning that Professor Nicolas was to appoint his own son once he brought a wave of emotions, said McCabe.
"It is very difficult. He was my only son. "I say I am honored, Yes, but was the last playing Nicolas, said McCabe broke cry."I don't know how to say it, she was the last person to see my son. And it is still a little difficult.
Rogers, is also recovering. She suffered a fracture of the spine and sternum. He refused pain medications for fear to damage your baby, and he wore a corset for several weeks.
"It was much harder than my other pregnancies, of course," said Rogers, who also has two daughters, ages 6 and 3. "It was so limited. I couldn't do much. A while after what happened was in full support and bring to it and only, i.e., was hard."
But it is determined to complete the work necessary to return to the classroom. Although you know that it will be difficult, he said that he hopes to get approval to return to teaching next year - at Plaza Towers.
The school is being rebuilt, this time with reinforced safe rooms that can withstand powerful storms.
"I feel that there is much of me there still," said Rogers. "I think it is difficult at the same time, but it will be a new year and a new building."
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