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When you look at this, i mean, what does the future hold? >> well, this is just not the type of community thats going to let a little f-4 tornado kick our ass. so we will rebuild and recover. >> this is not going to kick your ass? >> no, its not. its been a long time since we had one this bad. >> mike wolfson, the mayor of joplin, missouri. the resilience of the people of joplin will no doubt get them through the weeks and months and even years ahead. three quick-thinking young men took cover in...

Canine alerts that yeah. >> do you think they may be alive? >> i think its unlikely theyre alive. >> doug westhof is the task force leader. >> we had people coming by yesterday recognizing vehicles from their loved ones and knew that they were potentially underneath those slabs and one knew that his son-in-law and two grand kids were in all likelihood in that store. >> mortuary teams stand by but they still hope to find someone alive. >> the dogs are trained to find anyone alive. this is the job...

I take all of this off. when i get her ready to go, i direct her into the area. >> many of the fatalities at the home depot have been found at the front of the store. if they were huddled near the front, that would have been the most dangerous spot for them. >> unfortunately, yes. >> thats where the walls came down. theyve used heavy equipment to drill through the collapsed walls and neck underneath, then push them out of the way. this is a wall of the home depot? >> sure. >> and it fell? >> wha...

>> plus there was the beer. all the shelves and items were falling on people. >> lots of beer was breaking, so everyone was getting cut by the glass. the only thing remaining from the building is the cooler we had jumped in. a big part of that was the clerk at the store. i mean, not only did he run up and unlock the door, but he was the last person into the refrigerator. hes a hero. >> so when you leave, its got to be surreal when you walk outside and you see what youve survived. >> we sat there...

>> we had people coming by yesterday recognizing vehicles from their loved ones and knew that they were potentially underneath those slabs and one knew that his son-in-law and two grand kids were in all likelihood in that store. >> mortuary teams stand by but they still hope to find someone alive. >> the dogs are trained to find anyone alive. this is the job weve been called out to do. >> this task force has four dogs working in joplin. her dog is named katie. >> theyve got to be naked. as you c...

People still inside? >> we have indications from our canine alerts that yeah. we have some people still inside. >> do you think they may be alive? >> i think its unlikely theyre alive. >> doug westhoff is the task force leader. >> we had people coming by yesterday recognizing vehicles on the lot of their loved ones and knew in all likelihood that they were in the store or potentially underneath those slabs. and one knew that his son-in-law and two grand kids were in all likelihood in that store....

Hes a little traumatized. thats why i didnt bring him tonight. yeah, hes happy and, you know, ready to be getting back to usual. >> aaron, im told youre getting married in a couple of days and you managed to actually save the wedding dress. how did you do that? i know somebody else, the store where the wedding dress was, was obliterated and their dress is gone. >> yes, sir. similar story. were walking down main street, and this is right after we found out they were okay. so now were trying to ge...

>> yeah. >> you go to the back of the store and you know the storm is coming. the front door was locked, right? >> basically we had to pull over to the closest thing that we could find, which was this gas station. so we got out, sprinted up to the door and they had locked it just so the door wouldnt fling open. we pounded on the door and the clerk came up and unlocked it and we hurried back to the back of the store. >> how many people were in there at the time? >> probably about 18. >> how quick...

of 8,000 structures were damaged or destroyed. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover at a convenience store. the video is dark, but the audio, the sounds tell a story. >> oh, my god! [ screaming ] >> imagine pushing open the door after that incredible experience. elsewhere in joplin, one couple recorded the scene moments after the tornado struck. destruction all around them, homes on fire. they called out for the young mans sister and fiance. >> sarah! sarah, m...

local officials believe upwards of 8,000 structures were damaged or destroyed. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover at a convenience store. the video is dark, but the audio, the sounds tell a story. >> oh, my god! [ screaming ] >> imagine pushing open the door after that incredible experience. elsewhere in joplin, one couple recorded the scene moments after the tornado struck. destruction all around them, homes on fire. they called out for the young mans siste...