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This year, grim memories of the Xenia tornado turn 50. To mark the occasion, the News talked to several dozen current and former local residents who shared their stories of that fateful and fearful day, what came after and how they were — and continue to be — affected.
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It’s been a half-century since a tornado killed more than 30 people in Xenia. The twister changed lives and the city’s landscape.
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Bobby Graham lost his three siblings in the 1974 Xenia Tornado.
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WHIO-TV weatherman Gil Whitney broke into programming to warn people in the city to take cover. To this day, people in Xenia say Gil Whitney saved lives.
WHIO-TV weatherman Gil Whitney broke into programming to warn people in the city to take cover. To this day, people in Xenia say Gil Whitney saved lives.