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Of miles from st. john's hospital. to answer your question, we were actually -- did you ask if we were in the middle of the storm? >> were you in the middle of it, or did you come up just after it? >> you know, no, i think we were in the middle of it. we must have been sort of on the place that -- the place that we sought refuge was a medical office building about a quarter of a mile away from the -- from st. john's hospital. and i mean, you know, we saw power lines snapping, and i saw a huge dumpster fly through the air. i don't know if we were in the middle of it. if we weren't in the middle...

>> yeah. i actually photographed that on my way out of town in my car with the windows down. and, you know, i shot it, and then just really kind of prayed that those people are okay, you know. i don't know. >> and as you're driving down the interstate and you're witnessing this, you can see just how powerful those winds are, or were, because you see this 18-wheeler. and there were a number of them on their sides, turned over. >> right. amazing. >> so you were six miles away. were you in the middle of this? or did you kind of just come up, there is another angle of that picture. this is freeman...

And the place really in shambles. jaime, when you took that picture, what were you thinking? >> well, i just wanted to document it. you know, it was kind of tough because we were dealing with our own issues, you know, at the time. it's one of the unusual times that, you know, i was living the spot news event, you know what i mean? so i was with my best friend. we had her 6-year-old daughter. and we had just gone to her cousin's wedding. so everybody, all the people, most all the people we love in the world were out there somewhere. so we were trying to desperately figure out where they were. p...

so an incredible situation unfolding in joplin, missouri. unfortunately, it's very reminiscent of what happened a few weeks ago in northern alabama. absolutely. to our viewers, here is the reality of it. 24 fatalities reported so far. widespread damage across the country from a tornado touching down. they don't know how many fatalities, how many injuries in all of this. people there being called the walking wounded. as jackie said, evacuating a hospital. they set up mobile facility. missouri department of transportation is saying i-44 is closed down because of damage. and here is w...

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