(24 May 2011) For part one see – G13892
For part two see – G13892a
Tornado aftermath damage and interviews with survivors and rescuers in Joplin, Missouri
[NATSOT: can’t ever bring her back, can’t ever talk to her again."
A MOTHER CRIES FOR HER DAUGHTER…KILLED IN SUNDAY’S MASSIVE TORNADO IN JOPLIN.
[NATSOT: and this is her daughter Madeline."
THIS PILE OF RUBBLE USED TO BE THE AT AND T STORE WHERE SHARYL NELSON WORKED.
"Your momma’s a hero. My family is alive because of her."
WHEN THE TORNADO HIT SHE MADE SURE EVERYONE IN THE STORE AND PARKING LOT WENT TO THE BACK.
"I’m so sorry for your loss."
EVERYONE INSIDE THE STORE SURVIVED…EXCEPT SHARYL NELSON.
[SOT/Matie Perry, Mother Killed by Tornado]
"Destruction…and that was the last place that she was. And I was one of the last people to talk to her, and I didn’t know that would be the last time, I thought she was leaving. I thought she’d be home."
ALL ACROSS TOWN: TELLS OF SURVIVAL, DEATH… AND THE MISSING.
[SOT/Roxane Smith, Brother is Missing]
"He’s been in there two days, since the tornado happened."
THIS BROTHER AND SISTER ARE WAITING AND WAITING OUTSIDE THIS DESTROYED HOME DEPOT.
[SOT/Pat Shafer, Brother is Missing]
"We have a brother in there, and his best friend Randy, under all the rubble."
SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS ARE DIGGING.
"we cut it, remove it, look again."
SIX BODIES HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT SO FAR.
[SOT/Tony Spicci, Search and Rescue]
"We’re still removing the concrete to see if there is any victims underneath it."
THOSE WHO SOUGHT SHELTER NEXT TO THE THE CONCRETE SUPPORT WALL…WERE KILLED WHEN IT COLLAPSED ON THEM…PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STORE ESCAPED.
[STANDUP/Ted Shaffrey, Associated Press]
"Everywhere you look here in Joplin, places familiar to America, like Radio Shack, destroyed."
THIS USED TO BE A DOMINOS PIZZA.
"I was right there."
RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER BONNIE WESTON WAS DRIVING BY: THE TORNADO HIT, AND SHE DUCKED INSIDE.
[SOT/Bonnie Weston, Survived Tornado]
"We immediately went to the back corner room, and the building collapsed on us."
THE RESTAURANT MANAGER …WHO IS SIX MONTHS PREGNANT… STRUGGLED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY WERE TRAPPED.
[SOT/Elizabeth Ashmore, Survived Tornado]
"The only thing I could do was put my hand through a little hole with my hate and wave it."
HER HUSBAND CAME AND PULLED EVERYONE OUT.
[NATSOT: sniffing]
[SOT/Nicholas Ashmore, Survived Tornado]
"I’m surprised anyone survived any of this."
THE TWISTER ALSO SLAMMED INTO THIS ICE CREAM STORE.
[SOT/Courtney Spaulding, Survived Tornado]
"I remember looking at the window right here, and he said ‘you guys gotta get back."
EVERYONE CRAMMED INTO THE BACK BATHROOM AND OFFICE..THE ONLY ROOMS STILL STANDING….AND ALL SURVIVED.
THIS MAN IS LOOKING OVER WHERE HIS HOUSE USED TO STAND.
WHEN THE TORNADO STRUCK…THE FAMILY PILED INTO THE BACK BATHROOM…THE STORM PICKED UP THE WHOLE HOUSE AND THREW IT SEVERAL YARDS AWAY…THEY ALL SURVIVED.
"I covered him up as well as I could, I’ve got…" [shows bruises]
JOPLIN, MISSOURI…A COMMUNITY ASSESSING IT’S WOUNDS AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO MOVE ON.
TED SHAFFREY, ASSOCIATED PRESS, JOPLIN, MISSOURI
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