"It's hard to say there wasn't some divine intervention there"

They drew the blinds. They closed the curtains. They slowly shuffled in slippers from their rooms into hallways and relocated to the facility’s innermost area where staff covered them with blankets.

Little did they know that just over five hours later the practice would save their lives.

In what employees are calling a miracle, all 74 residents inside the facility just several blocks northeast of downtown survived — despite the unprecedented twister directly hitting the 35,000-square-foot building that night, ClearView Healthcare Management Regional Director of Operations Sarah Stewart said.

Only two suffered minor injuries — superficial cuts to their arms that did not require outside medical treatment.