CASTALIAN SPRINGS, Tenn. -- Amid all the devastation from Tuesday night’s storms, an 11-month-old baby survived.

The baby was found alive amid all the destruction in Castalian Springs, which was one of the hardest-hit areas of the state.

In the middle of a field along Highway 25, dozens of rescuers were doing grid searches walking back and forth, looking for survivors when they found the 11-month-old Kyson Stowell.

"We thought it was just a baby doll and went to step over it and told Mr. Weidener, 'Hey, we’ve got a baby doll here.' And as soon as I went to step over it, I saw him move his bottom. All the kid had on was a T-shirt and a diaper, the diaper was hanging half off of him, and he moved his bottom a little bit, and I noticed it, and I told Mr. Weidner, 'It’s not a baby doll, it’s an actual baby.' And that’s when he came over and we knelt down beside the baby. The baby moved its head just a little bit, and we rolled him over and started checking him out," said David Harmon, a firefighter from a nearby county who was combing the field for tornado victims.

The baby was found during a second search of a field that included living room sofas, vehicles and strewn with all sorts of debris. His mother, 24-year-old Kerri Stowell, was killed, according to Ken Weidner with Sumner County Emergency Services.

“It was almost like he was in a little bit of a shocked state. As they were walking through the field holding the child close, he started responding more. And when they made the road, everybody was around and he started crying more. One of the guys took his shirt off and wrapped it around him,” he said.

The baby was taken to Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin and transported to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital from there.

The baby is doing well, and the infant’s discovery is helping at a difficult time.

“I’m sad and happy at the same time because, you know, everything was a bad situation,” Weidner said.

The baby was expected to be released from Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Wednesday night.

He suffered some scratches and bruises, and doctors were checking for any internal injuries.