Tornado rips through Joplin, Mo. May 22, 2011
A massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. The Red Cross estimated as much as 75 percent of the town was leveled.
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Emergency personnel walk through a neighborhood severely damaged by a tornado near the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.
Destroyed vehicles are piled on top of one another in the parking lot of the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging the hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.
People walk down a street lined with destroyed homes in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.
Rescuers and neighbors look through the the wreckage of destroyed homes on a hillside in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.
A man walks past destroyed vehicles in the parking lot of the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging the hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.
A destroyed helicopter lies on its side in the parking lot of the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging the hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.
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lynchburgsbest 2 years ago
i was in joplin about 45 min after the storm. and for any one familiar with the area, its just horriffic. my thoughts and prayors are with those in joplin this morning.
SpiritTat 2 years ago
Since I was baby we've traveled to Joplin multiple times a year to visit with my father's family. It is like a second home to my sister and I. Now I have a child of my own, and the visits dwindled to once a year... we've been scheduled to get down there for our now annual yearly week-long visit this coming Saturday. Sure makes one think about attempting to see & visit with family a bit more often when they're actually living pretty close by... Grateful we have no family members who perished, but we do have family members who lost everything they own. Prayers, gratitude, grief and hope from us up to here to everyone in the Joplin area.
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