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Fairdale five years later: residents share how town has rebuilt after devastating tornado in 2015

Standing near a Mary statue in a hollowed out tree that was taken down by the tornado Susan Meyer talks Wednesday at her home in Fairdale, about what she saw and heard April 9, 2015 when the tornado ripped through the town destroying her home, along with many others, and killing two people. Thursday marks the five year anniversary of the tornado that ripped through parts of Fairdale, Rochelle and Kirkland. (Mark Busch)

Standing near a Mary statue in a hollowed out tree that was taken down by the tornado Susan Meyer talks Wednesday at her home in Fairdale, about what she saw and heard April 9, 2015 when the tornado ripped through the town destroying her home, along with many others, and killing two people. Thursday marks the five year anniversary of the tornado that ripped through parts of Fairdale, Rochelle and Kirkland. (Mark Busch)

Danielle Guerra file photo- dguerra@shawmedia.com Shoes hang on a closet wall inside a second story bedroom as the mattress spills onto the debris after a tornado left a path of wreckage through Fairdale in DeKalb County on Friday, April 10, 2015. Seventeen houses were leveled off the foundations, 11 people were transported, and two women confirmed dead.