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We don t know how many shoppers were inside when the twister hit. thankfully residents did have warning. by our count, we had 17 minutes with the siren and the strike. the level of destruction is overwhelming. not just block after block of rubble but neighborhood after neighborhood, flattened as far as the i can see, even from the cockpit of a helicopter. the first job for the first responders was search and rescue. a handful of survivors were pulled from the rubble, but the level of destruction was so extensive, they were prepared to find bodies. take a look. at joplin s home depodepot, the have not found anyone alive. they ve only found bodies. everything we did yesterday were recoveries. do you think there are more people still inside? we have indications from our ....
it s getting big, big, big. at least 126 people dead, dozens still missing, the actual number not known. local officials believe up wartds 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 pressler, looking for will, who was driving home with his dad and was sucked out of the sunroof of his suv as the tornado struck. we cry a lot. yeah. we cry. but we have faith, you know, that they re going to find him alive. you have to have hope and you ha ....