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When you look at this, i mean, what does the future hold? >> well, this is just not the type of community that's going to let a little f-4 tornado kick our ass. so we will rebuild and recover. >> this is not going to kick your ass? >> no, it's not. it's been a long time since we had one this bad. >> mike wolfson, the mayor of joplin, missouri. the resilience of the people of joplin will no doubt get them through the weeks and months and even years ahead. three quick-thinking young men took cover in a gas station convenience store and crammed into a walk-in beer cooler with about 20 or so other...

Canine alerts that yeah. >> do you think they may be alive? >> i think it's unlikely they're alive. >> doug westhof is the task force leader. >> we had people coming by yesterday recognizing vehicles from their loved ones and knew that they were potentially underneath those slabs and one knew that his son-in-law and two grand kids were in all likelihood in that store. >> mortuary teams stand by but they still hope to find someone alive. >> the dogs are trained to find anyone alive. this is the job we've been called out to do. >> this task force has four dogs working in joplin. her dog is named...

I take all of this off. when i get her ready to go, i direct her into the area. >> many of the fatalities at the home depot have been found at the front of the store. if they were huddled near the front, that would have been the most dangerous spot for them. >> unfortunately, yes. >> that's where the walls came down. they've used heavy equipment to drill through the collapsed walls and neck underneath, then push them out of the way. this is a wall of the home depot? >> sure. >> and it fell? >> what you've got is a piece of concrete. >> this is all insulation? >> absolutely. >> the walls may ha...

>> plus there was the beer. all the shelves and items were falling on people. >> lots of beer was breaking, so everyone was getting cut by the glass. the only thing remaining from the building is the cooler we had jumped in. a big part of that was the clerk at the store. i mean, not only did he run up and unlock the door, but he was the last person into the refrigerator. he's a hero. >> so when you leave, it's got to be surreal when you walk outside and you see what you've survived. >> we sat there for probably 20 minutes deciding what to do. everything had collapsed on us. so cory went into t...

>> we had people coming by yesterday recognizing vehicles from their loved ones and knew that they were potentially underneath those slabs and one knew that his son-in-law and two grand kids were in all likelihood in that store. >> mortuary teams stand by but they still hope to find someone alive. >> the dogs are trained to find anyone alive. this is the job we've been called out to do. >> this task force has four dogs working in joplin. her dog is named katie. >> they've got to be naked. as you can see all this debris, if he has a collar or vest on, they can get trapped. so she's got to be na...