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'The roof started coming off and the insulation started falling everywhere' | Grinnell salon customer's story of survival following derecho

Rachel Bly was inside when the storm tore through the town last week.

GRINNELL, Iowa — A customer in a local hair salon in Grinnell feared for her life as derecho destroyed the building she was in.

“The roof started coming off and the insulation started falling everywhere," said Rachel Bly.

Bly was getting a haircut at The Edge Hair Studios when the winds began to get faster.

“I mean it was terrifying! We had no idea once the roof came off was the rest of the building going to collapse and what else was going to fly around!”

Debris can, still, be seen lying on the street from the hair salon.

Bly told Local 5 she's trying to stay positive after the terrifying situation.

“When we knew it was over and we were just like ‘You know what, we’re alive,’ and that was the smile of we lived through this.”

WATCH: Complete derecho coverage from Local 5 on YouTube

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