yeah, right now they have a race against time because what officials at st. louis would like to do is get the airport up and ready to go tomorrow morning. we re going to be going to a news conference in about 30 minutes. they will give us a status update to try to restore service to terminal one west of the airport. you can see they are punching out the windows here and filling in with plywood. question is whether or not they can get all this work done before morning. there is substantial damage to this building including to the roof of concourse c , but they think ifcan get electricity restored, if they can get it restored in time tomorrow morning, it s possible maybe 70% of the normal capacity taken care of. we are expecting to hear from officials in the st. louis area. in about 30 minutes from now to find out just how well they are progressing towards that goal of trying to get everything squared away particularly the electricity. electricity in the terminal, this termi
mitchell: good evening, residents of st. louis tonight are sifting through the aftermath of a tornado that took out homes and forced the city s only passenger airport to shut down. in the past 24 hours, violent thunderstorms have raced from oklahoma to indiana but the damage on the airport could have an impact for days. the good news: amazingly, no one was killed. cynthia bowers has the latest. go back inside! reporter: witnesses say it was bedlam. and even though lambert field was under a tornado watch, no one expected the powerful twiter to barrel down a runway and slam into the historic airport. enormous windows shattered, sending blass flying into lambert s main terminal. this surveillance video shows the time of impact with travelers and airport employees diving for cover to avoid flying debris. we got the terminal lights were out, there was glass everywhere, there was blood everywhere from where people had been cut. this is the jet that was pushed sideways fro
out homes and forced the city s only passenger airport to shut down. in the past 24 hours, violent thunderstorms have raced from oklahoma to indiana but the damage on the airport could have an impact for days. the good news: amazingly, no one was killed. cynthia bowers has the latest. go back inside! reporter: witnesses say it was bedlam. and even though lambert field was under a tornado watch, no one expected the powerful twiter to barrel down a runway and slam into the historic airport. enormous windows shattered, sending blass flying into lambert s main terminal. this surveillance video shows the time of impact with travelers and airport employees diving for cover to avoid flying debris. we got the terminal lights were out, there was glass everywhere, there was blood everywhere from where people had been cut. this is the jet that was pushed sideways from gate 12. reporter: three planes filled with passengers road out the scary storm on the tarmac. east of the air