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In the same situation. i'm wondering, what ryan, is your first step on the road to recovery? when are you going to be living the next few weeks? >> caller: i'm lucky. i have family 25 minutes away in kansas. i can shack up with my parents for a while. i'm fortunate. i don't know how to put myself in the shoes of the people that don't have a place to go. i don't know what they're supposed to do now. you know, i'm lucky. i don't have to have to start looking for a place to live here shortly. there's going to be hundreds of people trying to find a place to live here shortly. i just don't know how...

Who found himself in the thick of the biggest news story of joplin's history. sports reporter ryan atkinson of the squop lin grove. moments after the twister struck he and a colleague had to climb through a car and shot these pictures that you see right now. ryan is on the phone with us. i understand you were in the newsroom when this struck. just tell us about that moment. >> caller: yeah, we were in the newsroom. luckily the newsroom is in the downtown area a part that wasn't affected. we headed down to the basement ark skeleton crew on a sunday evening. there wasn't many of us there. once w...