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Theo Mason, a Noel native, wrote 'The Twister' commemorating the victims of the 2011 Joplin Tornado

‘The Twister’ commemorates victims of Joplin Tornado Neosho Daily News Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the EF-5 Tornado that tore through Joplin, causing 161 deaths in the single deadliest tornado on record in the United States since official records were stared in 1950. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the damage to the built environment approached $3 billion, making it the costliest tornado on record as well. Shortly after the tornado in 2011, Theo Mason, an Arkansas native who grew up in Noel, witnessed t...