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this country and its people forever. it's changed our security and our priorities. and most of all, it has changed the day-to-day of everyday life in the united states. what has changed since 9/11? maybe the question is, what hasn't? a 6-year-old girl searched before boarding a plane. a wheelchair becomes a red flag on airplanes, trains and subways, intense scrutiny. backpacks are searched and sniffed. even a trip to the ball game is an exercise in homeland security. homeland security, an entire government bureaucracy that didn't exist a decade ago. an agency that gave us the terror ...

There are heroes all around us all the time. and so in the wake of this tragedy, let us live up to their example. to make each day count to live with a sense of mutual regard, to live with that same compassion that they demonstrated in their final hours. we are called by them to do everything we can to be worthy of the chance that we have been given to carry on. i understand that at a memorial yesterday for dean, his wife decided to play a recording of dean whistling a song he loved. "amazing grace." the lyrics are a fitting tribute

Other officials speaking at a memorial service a few hours ago and joplin is only beginning to heal. >> there are heroes all around us all the time. and so, in the wake of this tragedy, let us live up to their example. to make each day count, to live with a sense of mutual rega regard. to live with that same compassion that they've demonstrated in their final hours. >> our casey stegall live now for us in joplin, casey? >> harris, it doesn't matter if it was a home, if it was a business, if it was a church, virtually nothing was spared in this part of joplin. about a third of the city of only ...

hit by this tornado, brown is getting help from volunteers, offering food, sweat, and comfort. brown tells me he's learned something and wants to tell the people of joplin, don't turn down help and don't give up. >> if you can't go anywhere, you always go home. >> wouldn't it have been easier for you to pack it in, say i'm not going back and startover somewhere. >> would have been a whole lot easier, but i won't let this get me down. >> reporter: a full month after a deadly tornado and so many still so slow to turn the corner from surviving to recovery. david mattingly, cnn, tuscaloo...