Lantz Hare News Today

Youve got to have god, youve got to have friends and family, youve got to have all of it combined to get you through this. >> well, thanks for talking to us. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> stay strong. >> sadly, after i spoke to mike hare that day, we learned that his son, lantz, did not survive the tornado. up next, a brother desperate to find his sister, minutes after the tornado hit. >> sarah! mike! sarah! mike! >> sarah! mike! mike! sarah! >> the frantic search, destruction everywhere t...

>> oh, weve got lightning. we need to go back. lets turn around. >> oh, its getting big, big, big. >> thats huge! >> for those who survived, the scars will always be them. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover in a convenience store in a walk-in beer cooler. one turned on his camera as the tornado struck. the video is dark, but the sound tells a story. >> oh! [ wind blowing ] >> oh, my god! >> jesus, jesus! >> imagine pushing open the door after that incredible...

Youve got to have god. youve got to have friends and family. youve got to have all of it combined to get you through this. >> thank you for talking to us. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> stay strong. >> sadly, after i spoke to mike hare that day, we learned that his son lantz did not survive. up next, a brother desperate to find his sister minutes after the tornado hit. >> sarah, mike! sarah, mike! >> sarah, mike! mike, sarah! >> frantic search, destruction everywhere they looked. see what h...

Police chief for the joplin fire department, is working around the clock to find will. theyve searched the water now? >> theyre on their second search just to confirm it. thats where were at there. >> youre carrying a picture of will. >> yes, i have a picture of will, in case i come up to somebody to show them who we are looking for. >> we have faith that theyre going to find him alive. we just pray they find him. were a strong family, and were going to be together and were going to find him. so...

Loved ones alive. >> although the unidentified young man in the hospital turned out not to be will norton, word spread and gave hope to other families that their lost teenage boy might be alive. the family of 16-year-old lantz hare was one of them. he was last seen with a friend who survived the storm. his mom said that lantz was ripped out of a car. i spoke with his dad, mike, in joplin. he vowed to search until he found his son, alive or not. what was the last you knew about lantz? >> my young...

The tornado struck. destruction all around them, homes on fire. they called out for the young mans sister and fiance. >> sarah! sarah, mike! >> of course, theres 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 theyre going to find him alive. you have to have hope and you have to p...

Night and thats all i did. >> called his cell phone? does it ring? >> it rang for the first day and a half and now goes straight to voice mail. but just in case he gets it, i want him to know that his dad loves him. >> how are you holding up? >> ive got a lot of strong people around me to pick me up. thats about it. i mean, something as catastrophic as all this, you dont know whether hes underneath a piece of wood or whether hes in the hospital or where hes at. and weve searched and searched and...

Recorded the snooen their neighborhood moments after the tornado struck. destruction all around them, homes on fire. they called out for the young mans sister and fiance. >> sarah! sarah, mike! >> of course, theres 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 his suv as the tornado struck. >> we cry a lot. >> yeah. we cry. >> but we have faith, you know, that the...

Sarah, mike! >> of course, theres 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 theyre going to find him alive. you have to have hope and you have to pray. and if they dont, we pray they find him. >> more on will nortons story and also that of lantz hare. >> until hes find, dead...

Hospitals tell us it may not or it may be him. you know, some of the reports are the bruising is so bad that they really cant tell. well, i can tell whether its my son. i can tell. and i will tell. >> you were asked to give dna? >> i was asked to give dna todd today at missouri southern a little while ago, and that right there just set it in me there cant be no stopping until lantz is found, dead or alive, ive got to keep pushing. ive got to find him. >> its important to hold onto hope? >> oh, m...