Posts Tagged ‘Rebecca Vitsmun’
“I’m actually an atheist” three years later: Tornadoes and HDR Teams
On May 20, 2013, an EF5 tornado destroyed Rebecca Vitsmun's home in Moore, OK, and almost killed her and her young son. Later, while standing in the ruins, she was interviewed by Wolf Blitzer in a clip that has since become famous. As he asked her repeatedly if she thanked the Lord for her survival,…
Read MoreHDR Team Development Coordinator to speak at Gateway to Reason
This weekend is the three-day Gateway to Reason conference in St. Louis! Included in the amazing list of speakers is Foundation Beyond Belief's own Humanist Disaster Recovery Teams Development Coordinator Rebecca Vitsmun. Many remember Rebecca coming out of her atheist closet on live national television after saving her and her son’s lives from a tornado…
Read MoreHDRT Development Coordinator to speak in OK
Our Humanist Disaster Recovery Teams Development Coordinator, Rebecca Vitsmun, will be speaking tomorrow, June 20, at the 2015 Oklahoma Freethought Convention at the Tulsa Convention Center. Her speech is scheduled to begin at 2:15 pm. In addition to Rebecca, the convention features other speakers such as Seth Andrews of The Thinking Atheist and Matt Dillahunty, current…
Read MoreHDRT Development Coordinator to speak in Seattle
Our Humanist Disaster Recovery Teams Development Coordinator, Rebecca Vitsmun, will be speaking tomorrow night, May 26, at Town Hall Seattle. Rebecca first came to the attention of many in the nation back in 2013 when an EF5 tornado destroyed her Moore, OK home and left Rebecca and her son, Anders, running for their lives. Shorty…
Read MoreInsight after the storm—Rebecca Vitsmun, Humanist Crisis Responders
Given a choice, few atheists would probably choose to be “outed” to family and friends on national television, just hours after your home was shredded around you by an F-5 tornado. But that was the surreal situation Rebecca Vitsmun faced in 2013 when CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, standing with her in the ruins of her home…
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