Overview

• Malachi Chaney spent six days in intensive care after the tornado struck his Henry County home and was moved to a regular hospital room on June 3.
• He suffered broken ribs, multiple facial fractures and deep cuts across his upper body in the storm that lifted him about 300 feet into nearby woods.
• Malachi remains on several medications and has no recollection of the tornado’s impact or how he reached the woods.
• Tray Chaney and his wife, Ayesha, have remained by their son’s side as he begins a lengthy rehabilitation process.
• Community support has poured in through a GoFundMe campaign and a birthday message from Shaquille O’Neal to boost Malachi’s morale.