HOPKINS COUNTY, Ky. — David Moss lost his house in the 2021 tornado outbreak that rocked western Kentucky. 

Thanks to the help of Hopkins County Long Term Recovery, he’s now moving into his new home on property that his been with his family for generations. 

“Being able to come back home is the salve to all of this. Being able to exhale and just finally be back and be able to be together in one piece, that’s the greatest joy in this,” Moss said. “And getting to share it with my students, getting to share it with our parents and our band program and just the community in general, that’s been the greatest gift.”

Moss has been teaching for 21 years and says the band community he has been a part of for so long was there for him when disaster struck. 

“Within the first hour, our band booster, our parents that are involved in our high school program, were checking on me personally, were checking that we had everything that we needed.”

Talking to his students, it seemed like the community rallied around someone who is putting others first. 

“I’m glad that he’s being helped because he always puts the community ahead of himself and makes sure they are taken care of first,” said Samantha Shultz, who recently graduated from Hopkins County Central High School. 

A value that Moss sees reflected onto him with the community’s support behind the new house. 

“When there is a need, when there is a crisis, or when there’s a celebration, our community comes together and we exist as one,” Moss said.