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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...

Recording? >> i just record everything. i dont know. >> this is it, you might as well record it. 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 e 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! >> sar...

Oh, it sounds like a train going 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. so it was pretty terrifying. >> 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. so thats where we went. they we...

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...

>> 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 happened to them, coming up. plus, they rode out the tornado almost in complete darkness inside a walk-in beer cooler at a convenience store. do you even have a name? well...

>> 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,

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...

its 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! [ scre...