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NY Yankees honor Ind. mom who lost legs in tornado

Friday, May 11, 2012

Stephanie Decker, center, of Sellersburg, Indiana, poses with her son Dominic, 8, left, and Reese, 6, before a New York Yankees baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Decker rescued her children from a tornado on March 2, but lost her legs in the incident. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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May 11, 2012 (NEW YORK) -- A southern Indiana woman who lost parts of both legs while protecting her two children from a tornado has been recognized during a pregame ceremony at New York's Yankee Stadium.

Stephanie Decker, husband Joe and her children were on the field for Thursday evening's ceremony. The Yankees showed a five-minute video about how Decker shielded her children from debris as they huddled in the basement of their Henryville home during the March 2 storm.

Nine-year-old Dominic and 6-year-old Reese joined the Yankees' first base coach in bringing the lineup card out to the umpires.

The Courier-Journal reports the family met Yankee stars Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez and that Decker wrote on her Facebook page that it was one of the best days of her life.

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