parents of bethany paine joined her at what was once her house. the cleanup has just begun. we re just getting real and starting to clean up. starting to take the next steps. reporter: bit by bit, piece by piece, the residents of moore, shawnee and other cities impacted by the recent outbreak of tornadoes, are beginning to put their lives back together. and they re not doing it alone. oklahoma governor mary fallin offered her help to the residents of this moore neighborhood. for those hat are just overwhelmed and it s just too much to do, get their personal belongings out, and then we ll come in and then we ll take care of it as a state. reporter: a bittersweet yet familiar sound of pomp and circumstance provided a needed respite from the devastation as seniors from three area high schools graduated. i mean, it kind of seems we re ending our senior year like this but then again it brings us all a lot closer and more together. so that s always a good thing, too. reporter: it
rebuild. so i want to urge every american to step up. reporter: this weekend, the parents of the bethany joined her at what was once her house. the cleanup has just begun. now, we re kind of getting real and starting to clean up. we want to take the next steps. bit by bit, piece by piece, the residents of moore, shawnee and other cities impacted by the yeent outbreak of tornadoes are beginning to put their lives back towing. they re not doing it alone. oklahoma governor mary fallon offered her help to this moore neighborhood. for those overwhelmed, it is too much to do, to get their personal belongings out. we ll come in, we ll take care of it as a state. reporter: a bittersweet yet phammior sound of pomp and circumstances, provided a needed respite as seniors from three high schools graduated. it s kind of sad we are
families who ve been impacted. including those who ve had loved ones who were lost. reporter: the president offered solace and aid to those hard-hit by the tornado. it s going to take a long time for this community to rebuild. so, i want to urge every american to step up. reporter: this weekend, the parents of bethany paine joined her at what was once her house. the cleanup has just begun. we re just getting real and starting to clean up. starting to take the next steps. reporter: but by bit, piece by piece, the residents of moore, shawnee and other cities impacted by the recent outbreak of tornadoes, are beginning to put their lives back together. and they re not doing it alone. oklahoma governor mary fallin offer her help to residents of this moore neighborhood. for those that are just overwhelmed and it s just too much to do, get their personal belongings out, and then we ll come in and then we ll take care
reporter: president obama saw the devastation left by the powerful tornado. obviously the damage here is pretty hard to comprehend. our hearts go out to the families who ve been impacted. including those who ve had loved ones who were lost. reporter: the president offered solace and aid to those hard-hit by the tornado. it s going to take a long time for this community to rebuild. so, i want to urge every american to step up. reporter: this weekend, the parents of bethany paine joined her at what was once her house. the cleanup has just begun. we re just getting real and starting to clean up. starting to take the next steps. reporter: but by bit, piece by piece, the residents of moore, shawnee and other cities impacted by the recent outbreak of tornadoes, are beginning to put their lives back together. and they re not doing it alone. oklahoma governor mary fallon offered her help to the residents of this moore
reporter: residents are starting to slowly trickle back into this moore neighborhood and dig through the rubble, trying to find some valuable possessions. we re here with tom bridges. and, tom came back here after a week. you got back. what did you find? i found $2,000. reporter: and then you came back to look for that. how did you find it? well, kind of figured i knew where it was and everybody just started digging around in that area. and we got down to the bottom of it, there it was. like we were guided there. and just, you know, a miracle that, you know, that i found it and reporter: look at that. look at that. put it in my pocket and still got the band, says $2,000 on it. so that s i was meant to still have it in my pocket. reporter: what did you think when you first saw? i couldn t believe my eyes.