MAYFIELD, Ky. — As President Joe Biden was getting his first look at the devastation in downtown Mayfield from the ground Wednesday, Angee Wilson was at the tax service business she owned with her mother on Broadway. 

"We were looking for a picture,” she told Spectrum News 1. "It’s kind of crazy, but we’re looking for a picture for my mom."

She was hoping a photo of her grandfather might still be there, buried under what remained of her office.

Then, the President walked up. 

"It was actually kind of heartwarming, because he didn’t introduce himself as President Biden,” Wilson said. "He said, ‘Hi, my name is Joe.’ He wanted to know how we felt about the entire situation, really, so did Andy Beshear. He wanted to know, too."

Five days after everything changed, Mayfield was working to dig out from the EF-4 tornado that killed 21 people in Graves County. 

Biden’s tour of the damage took him past the courthouse, where a memorial of flowers for the victims is growing. People in Mayfield are tired and scared, but Wilson was committed to helping rebuild, she said.  

"I don’t know what to think,” said Wilson. "I don’t know what to say. I can’t cry. I can’t be over happy or anything like that. Just disbelief, honestly.”