Rebirth after the big storm: How one small town dug out, spruced up and lived on
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One generation after a 206-mph tornado pulverized and vacuumed away most of the historic downtown and damaged one-third of homes in Limon, Colo., librarian Lucille Reimer has a small hitch in her voice when she describes the initial dawn after the storm, the first day of revival.
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Principal, teachers recount tornado hitting Oklahoma school
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Teacher recalls deadly tornado: “At first, it’s just a rattling, like someone walking on the roof. And then you feel things fall into your hair. Just little things, you know? … but then all of a sudden — bigger things. Could hear the air duct crash down and a pipe. … And that’s when I started to yell.”
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Okla. funeral held for ‘precious’ 9-year-old who died with best friend
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A nine-year-old girl killed by the Oklahoma tornado was mourned at a memorial service Thursday, with her family taking comfort in the belief that she was with her best friend when she died.
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As hospital crumbled, mom brought new life
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As the floor shook “like an earthquake,” Shayla Taylor, 25, braved both the peak contractions of childbirth and the wrath of the worst twister she had ever endured.
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Joy amid tornado’s destruction as owners find lost pets
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Vicki Lemmings sobbed with joy as her son’s dog Baby ran up to give her a lick.
“Good girl, Grandma loves you so much,” she cooed through her tears on Tuesday evening.
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Littlest victims of Oklahoma tornado were 4 and 7 months old, state says
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Two infants — 4 and 7 months old — were the youngest victims of the tornado that ravaged the Oklahoma City suburbs earlier this week, the state said Wednesday.
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9-year-old from Plaza Towers school among first tornado victims identified
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A 9-year-old girl who was “always smiling” is among the first of the Oklahoma tornado victims to be identified.
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Before and after: Tornado cuts devastating path through Oklahoma
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Briarwood Elementary School, bottom right in Oklahoma City, Okla. before and after the tornado hit on May 20.
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‘I love you, please don’t die with me’: First-person tales of survival
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A tornado that devastated Oklahoma City’s suburbs has left dozens of people dead, numerous injured and missing and countless homes destroyed. As rescue workers continue to pick through the rubble, hoping to find survivors, here are some accounts from those who did make it out.
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Aerials show path and destructive force of the Oklahoma tornado
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Teacher who shielded kids with her body in Oklahoma tornado: ‘Just doing our job’
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Sixth-grade teacher Rhonda Crosswhite never feared for her own life as she draped her body across six students inside a Plaza Towers Elementary School bathroom stall.
Instead, she focused on providing what little comfort she could to the screaming and sobbing children beneath her.
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Okla. school survivor: Teacher threw herself over us and ‘saved our lives’
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A fourth-grader at a school that took a direct hit from Monday’s deadly tornado in Moore, Okla., described the heroic actions of a teacher who saved his life and others by covering several students with her body to shield them from the storm.
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Crews comb devastation in Oklahoma; confirmed death toll lowered to 24
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The confirmed death toll was lowered to 24 after a massive tornado roared through the suburbs of Oklahoma City on Monday. Officials cautioned the death toll could change.
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At least 51 killed as tornado tears through Oklahoma, leaving miles of debris
An enormous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, killing at least 51 people, including 20 children Monday. The twister pulverized entire city blocks, left behind miles of mangled cars and splintered wood, and destroyed an elementary school where seven children were found dead.
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