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Definitely in a tornado. >> aaron, how did you finally find sarah? >> after we didnt find them at the house, we didnt know what to do. but people pointed us to the walgreens a few blocks away saying thats where they had a triage center set up. they werent there, so we started walking down main street, or what was left of main street, trying to get a cell phone signal. asking people if they had seen them, yelling out their names. and finally we happened to walk into cell coverage and her fiance, ...

I dont know. >> this is it, you might as well record it. >> yeah, i might as well. >> well, im so glad you guys made it and great thinking to record it. so thank you so much. we showed you video at the top of the program. a couple, brook and aaron emerging moments after the joplin tornado after the tornado in what was their neighborhood in name only. >> you guys okay? are you guys okay? >> yeah. >> holy crap! >> they raced to the home there and sarahs house was badly damaged. >> sarah, mike! sar...

Was one of them. lantz was last seen with a friend. 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 youngest son called me, and it was maybe ten minutes after the storm, and they -- him and my ex-wife had been trying to get ahold of him over and over and they couldnt. and i started calling him and still never got anything. i called it all last night. >> youre still calling...

By, we realized, you know, what it was. and when the pressure of our ears came, you know, it felt like our ears were going to blow. thats when my fiance said were definitely in a tornado. >> aaron, how did you finally find sarah? >> after we didnt find them at the house, we didnt know what to do. but people pointed us to the walgreens a few blocks away saying thats where they had a triage center set up. they werent there, so we started walking down main street, or what was left of main street, t...

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...

Youve got to have hope. 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. >> sadzly, 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 everywher...

>> you guys down here? >> mike? >> sis? >> kirby? >> sarah? >> mike? >> they must have left. >> i think theyre gone. >> kirby, kirby. >> kirby jean. [ whistling ] >> all right, come on. theyre not in the basement? >> no, i dont think so. sarah, mike! >> you went down there? >> yeah, you cant see anything, though. >> kirby, by the way, is sarahs cat. brook and aaron didnt find sarah at home but they did find sarah. i spoke with her and with aaron. aaron, what was going through

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...

A couple, brook and aaron emerging in joplin after the tornado in what was their neighborhood in name only. >> you guys okay? are you guys okay? >> yeah. >> holy crap! >> they raced to the home there and sarahs house was badly damaged. >> sarah, mike! sarah, mike! >> sarah, mike! mike, sarah! >> im going to check in the basement. sarah, mike! >> mike, sarah.

>> im going to check in the basement. sarah, mike! >> mike, sarah. >> you guys down here? >> mike? >> sis? >> kirby? >> sarah? >> mike? >> they must have left. >> i think theyre gone. >> kirby, kirby. >> kirby jean. [ whistling ] >> all right, come on. theyre not in the basement? >> no, i dont think so. sarah, mike! >> you went down there? >> yeah, you cant see anything, though.