'The Wire 'Actor Says Son Is in the ICU After Being Thrown 300 Feet from His Room When Tornado Struck

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Tray Chaney, who played Malik 'Poot' Carr on 'The Wire,' said in an Instagram video that a tornado struck his Georgia house on May 29, injuring him and his son Malachi
Malachi was later found in the woods behind the home and was taken to the ICU
'That s--- ain't no movie," Chaney said in the clipAn actor from The Wire painfully and emotionally recalled the moment a tornado hit his Georgia home, leaving it destroyed and sending his 18-year-old son to the ICU.
'My son was thrown 300 feet out of his room,' said Tray Chaney, who played Malik 'Poot' Carr on the acclaimed HBO television series, said in an Instagram video about the tornado that struck his Henry County house on Thursday, May 29.
At the beginning of the video, Chaney, who stood in front of his now-destroyed home, said he had just gotten out of the hospital and was planning to visit his son, identified by the family as Malachi, in the ICU.
'3 pm today [May 29], a tornado came through every county … I lost my house, I lost everything in it,' he said in the clip.
Chaney said that he and Malachi were having a beautiful day and relaxing before the tornado's arrival. Then, '3 o'clock today, in a split second, my house was gone,' he said in the video.
He recalled sitting on his bed at home at the time. 'I heard the wind and I felt everything,' he said. 'I was wrapped up in the damn covers…From watching your house being built from the ground up in 2020, to five years later, that s--- gone, everything gone.'
In a statement posted in a follow-up Instagram, Chaney recalled that he was unconscious on the ground after the tornado struck, with mud on his face and parts of the home on top of him.
'I woke up in a panic crawled from under my house screaming my son's name out,' he wrote. 'My neighbors were there to assist me & finally we found my son 300 feet away in the woods behind my house.'
He further wrote that Malachi is in the hospital and that he and his wife have not left their son's side.
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The actor said in the video that he was able to find his phone in working condition underneath the rubble, but everything else in his home was gone.
He said he sustained a bruise on his head from the incident and just returned from the hospital.
'I wish I could replace the pain with my son," he added. "I wish he was the one doing the video and I was still at [the] ICU.'
He thanks God for sparing his life, adding, 'That s--- ain't no movie.'
The reason he posted the video, Chaney said in the clip, is to tell his followers to 'cherish life' as much as they can. He also expressed a similar sentiment in his Instagram post, writing in all caps: 'Hug your loved ones now! Life just changed for me & mine! We'll never be the same!'
PEOPLE contacted Chaney for further comment on Friday, May 30.
His neighbors' homes were also affected by Thursday's tornado, which saw damaged roofs and windows, ABC affiliate WSB reported.
'It almost sounded like thunder and lightning, but it had more of an impact like shaking walls, you know, I mean terrifying,' Andreal Mallard, a neighbor, told the outlet.
The National Weather Service said six tornadoes struck northern Georgia following severe storms on Sunday, May 25, and Tuesday, May 27, according to Fox affiliate WAGA.
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