Indiana mother loses legs while saving her children from tornado

Stephanie Decker, who covered her two children to save them from falling debris in their home and suffered severe leg injuries. Courtesy of the Decker family.

An Indiana woman lost both her legs when her family's home collapsed on top of her Friday as she was shielding her two children from a devastating tornado, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported. But thanks to the woman's efforts, her kids survived.

Stephanie Decker, 36, lost one leg above the knee and the other above the ankle, her husband Joe Decker said. She is in stable condition at a hospital in Louisville.

She is truly a mother. A mother will go lengths to safe her children. I pray for her to have the strength to live on.