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People still inside? >> we have indications from our canine alerts that yeah. we have some people still inside. >> do you think they may be alive? >> i think it's unlikely they're alive. >> doug westhoff is the task force leader. >> we had people coming by yesterday recognizing vehicles on the lot of their loved ones and knew in all likelihood that they were in the store or potentially underneath those slabs. and one knew that his son-in-law and two grand kids were in all likelihood in that store. he waited around all day yesterday until we made that determination. >> mortuary teams stand by b...

He's a little traumatized. that's why i didn't bring him tonight. yeah, he's happy and, you know, ready to be getting back to usual. >> aaron, i'm told you're getting married in a couple of days and you managed to actually save the wedding dress. how did you do that? i know somebody else, the store where the wedding dress was, was obliterated and their dress is gone. >> yes, sir. similar story. we're walking down main street, and this is right after we found out they were okay. so now we're trying to get ahold of our relatives and our other brother in town and we come across the alteration sto...

>> yeah. >> you go to the back of the store and you know the storm is coming. the front door was locked, right? >> basically we had to pull over to the closest thing that we could find, which was this gas station. so we got out, sprinted up to the door and they had locked it just so the door wouldn't fling open. we pounded on the door and the clerk came up and unlocked it and we hurried back to the back of the store. >> how many people were in there at the time? >> probably about 18. >> how quickly did the storm hit? >> probably a minute the other person ran up to the door. the clerk ran up as...

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 man's sister and fiance. >> sarah! sarah, mike! >> of course, there's no end to the heartbreak, but no end to hope either. we met tracy pressl...

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 man's sister and fiance. >> sarah! sarah, mike! >> of course, there's no end to the heartbreak, but no end to ...