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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:32 PM
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My heart breaks
As President Obama wrote " Our hearts go out to all those who have been affected by this devastation, and we commend the heroic efforts of those who have been working tirelessly to respond to this disaster."
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A first responder holds onto a child that was found in the rubble of a destroyed home after a tornado struck Phil Campbell, Ala. Wednesday afternoon, April 27, 2011.


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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:34 PM
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1. The first responder looks like a child, too.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:43 PM
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2. I noticed that also. Reminds me of the photo from "my" tornado
Another young first responder with a child. Link has space in it before "jpg" as is graphic of a young man carrying a child.

http://www.ur4survival.com/i/natural%20disaste/1957_fargo_tornado.
jpg
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:45 PM
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3. Emerging from their Safe Room near Athens, Alabama to find home is gone
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:48 PM
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5. I cannot even imagine losing my home like that.
But they are safe and their children are safe; that's what is really important.


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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 01:19 PM
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6. Here's for this family's planning for tornadoes! nt
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 07:46 PM
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7. Can you imagine, hunkering down, listening, feeling the buzz saw coming through your house, then
going out to find that? Good job, family.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:47 PM
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4. A building is seen destroyed in Vilonia, Ark.
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