Fordland teen finds himself famous after surviving tornado

FORDLAND, Mo. - High school senior Matt Suter has already survived being blown more than 1,300 feet by a tornado. Now he's caught up in the whirlwind of media attention.

The 19-year-old from southwest Missouri appeared Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America" and is also being courted by the "Today" show and talk show host David Letterman - who, producer Ryan Williams said, would likely comment on the fact that Suter took his wild ride clad only in boxer shorts.

"I think Dave might be able to say something funny about that," Williams told the Springfield News-Leader.

At the time, though, there was nothing funny about Suter's ordeal.

On March 12, he was in his grandmother's trailer, near Fordland, when the twister bore down on them.

"It got louder and louder, like 10 military jets coming at us," Suter told the newspaper. "Suddenly there was lots of pressure inside the house. The front and back doors that were both locked came off their hinges and blew out.

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