it s getting big, big, big. at least 126 people dead, dozens still missing, the actual number not known. local officials believe upwards of 8,000 structures were damaged or destroyed. for those who survive, the scars will always be with them. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover at a convenience store. inside a walk-in beer cooler. one turned on his iphone as the twister struck. 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 snooen their neighborhood moments after the tornado struck. destruction all around them, homes on fire. they called out for the young man s sister and fiance. sarah! sarah, mike! of course, there s no end to the heartbreak, but no end to hope either. we met tracy press her and her niece, looking for will, who was driving home with his dad and was sucked out of the sunroof of
it s getting big, big, big. at least 126 people dead, dozens still missing, the actual number not known. local officials believe up wartds 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 man s sister and fiance. sarah! sarah, mike! of course, there s no end to the heartbreak, but no end to hope either. we met tracy pressler, looking for will, who was driving home with his dad and was sucked out of the sunroof of his suv as the tornado struck. we cry a lot. yeah. we cry. but we have faith, you know, that they re going to find him alive. you have to have hope and you have to
to do. but people pointed us to the walgreen s saying that was where they had a triage center set up. they weren t there, so we started walking down main street, or what was left of main street, trying to get a cell phone signal, which was not x existent. finally we happened to walk into cell coverage and her fiance mike got a phone call through to us, saying they were at our p t parent s house and then the phone cut out. sarah, your cat kerby, is he okay? he s a little traumatized, but yeah, he s happy and ready to be getting back to usual. aaron, i m told you re 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
they weren t there, so we started walking down main street, or what was left of main street, trying to get a cell phone signal, which was not existent. finally we happened to walk into cell coverage and her fiance mike got a phone call through to us, saying they were at our parent s house and then the phone cut out. sarah, your cat kirby, is he okay? he s a little traumatized, but yeah, he s happy and ready to be getting back to usual. aaron, i m told you re 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.
it was crazy. actually the only reason i know that i knew what was going on is because of tv and people saying it sounds like a train. it dawned on us when i said, oh, it sounds like a train going by, we realized what it was. when the pressure of our ears came, it felt like our ears were going to blow. that s when my fiance said, we re definitely in a tornado. so it was pretty terrifying. aaron, how did you finally find sarah? after we didn t find them at the house, we didn t know what to do. but people pointed us to the walgreen s saying that was where they had a triage center set up. they weren t there, so we started walking down main street, or what was left of main street, trying to get a cell phone signal, which was not existent. we were asking people if we had seep them, yelling out their names. finally we happened to walk into cell coverage and her fiance mike got a phone call through to us, that lasted about ten