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We still need to contain the work area to allow those volunteers to get in and do their work. and rescue people. citizens can contact the following phone number for status on their friends and their family -- 417-659-5464. once again, 417-659-5464. or log on to the following web site -- www.safeandwell.org. once again, www.safeandwell.org. s-a-f-e and w-e-l-l dot-org. the second message we have today which is very important is we

Until that point so we can further our cause here and affect a search and rescue. >> will you take on the search and rescue a little bit differently just because of what happened yesterday? >> well, we don't want anyone getting hurt while we affect the search and rescue and did pull the people in at a certain point in time after we experienced what we went through yesterday. that is a priority of ours, and we have that in mind as we go forward. >> now as far as the safe and well web site, some people have called saying it's running slow. is there any sorted of backup to that -- any sort of bac...

Military police, national guardsmen blocking a lot of the intersections. a number of people are not here. they don't want them coming back just yet. they haven't inspected to see if these properties are safe. there are about 1500 people unaccounted for, because they have left town to stay safe and cell service isn't working very effectively. we don't know where they are. about two blocks down, some people told my producer that they spent the night, a treacherous night last night, they spent it on their porch. they haven't lost everything. they were worried that looters were going to take the s...

>> an e-5, ef-5 tornado wiped out your town. the days after that disaster struck, the town had very little hope to hang on to. how did you deal with that? what was your first step? >> well, the first step, number one, was just what you are interviewing people in joplin today is, account for every citizen and make sure that they are safe. we lost lives as they lost lives and we sorely missed those and that grieving process of going through your debris of just making sure that every human is accounted for and safe and then it is just process of almost like a funeral of going through your debris ...