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Inspirational. also inspirational is the amount of volunteers flooding to that city, literally. >> reporter: that's right, drew. it's incredible. we have seen people from all over the country flocking to joplin to help out. church groups, other volunteers, people doing search and rescue efforts on their own. the city says there are officially 2,500 volunteers registered, but they believe there's at least 3,000, perhaps even more than that, including the folks who have just come here on their own to decide to help out. it's really showing that this city is committed to rebuilding and it's somet...

Also inspirational is the amount of volunteers flooding to that city, literally. >> reporter: that's right, drew. it's incredible. we have seen people from all over the country flocking to joplin to help out. church groups, other volunteers, people doing search and rescue efforts on their own. the city says there are officially 2,500 volunteers registered, but they believe there's at least 3,000, perhaps even more than that, including the folks who have just come here on their own to decide to help out. it's really showing that this city is committed to rebuilding and it's something that needs...

Happen -- this cleanup process that these volunteers are helping with -- before the rebuilding can begin in earnest, drew. >> tonight the president arrives. presidents wonder if they will be a help or a hindrance because they take so much of the local law enforcement away from what needs to be done. what's the impression there of the president's visit? >> reporter: well, the local fire chief said that this is still a rescue and recovery operation. so it is going to slow some things down because they are going to need 130 law enforcement officers just to line and provide security for the presid...

>> reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of nature's power. >> oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees are debarked. >> reporter: residents running for every anywhere they could. >> everybody get down, all on the ground. >> reporter: in a crowded convenience store, some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. >> can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] >> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers moving customers to the back and then -- everything goes fl...

>> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers moving customers to the back and then -- everything goes flying. the massive tornado mowing down everything in its path. people's lives churned up and spewed out. >> here's the gas station that we were at. >> reporter: this is the convenience store now. >> this would have been where we walked in. >> reporter: all across the city, thousands and thousands of people in shock, taking the first steps on the long road to recovery. make no mistake, jop...