For two agonizing hours, Zac Johnson was pinned underneath the same tree that killed his wife and eight-month-old son, in what would be the first of at least 16 deaths caused by Hurricane Florence.
Two days after the Friday death of Johnson's son Adam and 41-year-old wife Lesha Murphy, his mother spoke out in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com to describe the family's tragic ordeal.
Johnson, 48, was also seriously injured in the accident but, miraculously, his life was spared.
He is still in at Hanover County Medical Center in critical condition but has been communicating by cell phone with family members.
Zac Johnson and Lesha Murphy are seen above. They were in bed with their eight-month-old son Adam on Friday when a tree smashed into their home in Wilmington, North Carolina
Lesha and young Adam (together above) were killed by the tree, but Johnson was spared
A tree that fell on a house, killing Murphy and Adam, is seen during Hurricane Florence
'I spoke with him this morning,' Johnson's mother, 74-year-old Mattie Johnson, told DailyMail.com.
'He was coming out of surgery. They're trying to save his legs, and it sounds like the surgery went well.'
'He said his legs were stuck under the tree. He couldn't come lose. My son told me the rescue people were working on the tree for two hours before they could get him out.'
Johnson added Zach assumed his wife and child would be alive when he was rushed to the hospital.
Instead, both were pronounced dead inside the house.
Johnson and Murphy are seen together left and right. The couple had just celebrated the birth of their son Adam in January
Firefighters frantically tried to lift the tree (pictured) that trapped a mother and her baby in a Wilmington home. The pair died before they could be rescued
Johnson was freed after a grueling two-hour rescue. He is seen being rushed to the hospital
'He called me sobbing,' Johnson said. 'They told him Saturday morning that his family died.'
Johnson added she believes her son, wife and baby born January 20 were all in the same bed when the tree cut through their home like a knife in butter and slammed on the bed.
'I don't even know how he could survive when his wife and baby died,' Johnson said. 'I am sad for the baby and Lesha, and I'm grateful my son is still alive.'
More than 100 police officer and fire fighters as well as search and rescue personnel with sniffer dogs were worked frantically to get to Lesha and her son.
They toiled a total six hours in the driving rain and bursts of wind but eventually found Lesha and baby Adam, still on the bed as if they never realized what had happened.
When firefighters realized that nothing could be done, they knelt in prayer by the home
Neighbors react as they learn that Murphy and Adam were killed when a tree fell on their home
The aftermath of the tragedy is seen on Sunday, with the massive tree still sitting on slabs of wood that rescuers used to lift it off of the bed inside the home
Realizing there was nothing more that could be done, the dejected rescuers knelt in a circle of prayer, many weeping quietly.
A GoFundMe campaign has been created to help pay funeral expenses for Murphy and Adam.
On Sunday afternoon, an eerie silence surrounded the wrecked house in the Forest Hills neighborhood.
The tree trunk was lifted off the bed on slabs of wood, leaving the house sliced in two.
Pieces of wall and roof littered the ground. Some of Lesha's wet clothes swung softly in the closet with the now-calm wind.
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Main photo article For two agonizing hours, Zac Johnson was pinned underneath the same tree that killed his wife and eight-month-old son, in what would be the first of at least 16 deaths caused by Hurricane Florence.
Two days after the Friday death of Johnson’s son Adam and 41-year-old wife Lesha Murphy, his...
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