Son of actor from classic HBO crime drama nearly killed by Georgia tornado

“The Wire” actor Tray Chaney said his son is in the hospital after being thrown by a tornado in Georgia.

Chaney, who played Malik “Poot” Carr on the HBO show set in Baltimore, posted about his son in a video on social media, with his destroyed home in the background.

“I lost my house,” Chaney said. “I lost everything in it.”

He said his son, Malachi Chaney, who turned 19 on Sunday, was thrown over 300 feet by the tornado Thursday and is fighting for his life in an intensive care unit. An update Sunday said Malachi is still in the hospital and “making process.”

Tearful with a hospital wristband on, Tray Chaney said he and his son had had a “beautiful day” Thursday that included a “big-ticket show” and meeting up with Felicia Pearson, who played a fictionalized version of herself, nicknamed “Snoop,” in “The Wire.”

Tray Chaney recalled sitting on his bed in his home in Locust Grove, south of Atlanta, around 3 p.m. when he heard wind — moments prior to his house being destroyed. Chaney said he had to crawl through the remains of his home to find his phone.

“Cherish life as much as you can,” Chaney said on social media. “I wish he was the one doing the video, and I was in the ICU … Thank God I am still living.”