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Issues, you know, at the time. it's one of the unusual times that, you know, i was living the news event, you know what i mean, so i was with my best friend and she had her 6-year-old daughter, and we had just gone to her friend's -- or i'm sorry, her cousin's wedding. so everybody -- you know, 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. so pretty scary time. but i wanted to make sure i documented what was right in front of me at that point. >> and this other picture, jaime, unbelievable. when...

>> 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...

it's from chasertv.com. rob, roll it. >> oh, my. >> and then just a short time ago, storm chaser, his name is steve polly got out in the middle of this driving on the interstate, and he said he didn't think he was going to make it touch and go for a while. these videos he took at a gas station. listen. >> come on. >> yes, it is. >> all right. our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist joins us now. some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities from this tornado that touched down, and they are saying there's widespread damage across the city's south si...

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...

>> and then just a short time ago, a storm chaser, his name is steve polly, caught out in the middle of this driving on the interstate. he said he didn't think he was going to make it. he said it was touch and go for a while. these videos he took at a gas station. listen. >> yes, it is. north kansas. that's where we want to get. >> all right. our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist, joins us now. jacqui, some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities from this tornado that touched down, and they are saying there's widespread damage across the city's...