A photographer shoots some of the damage in Joplin, Missouri after the town was hit by a tornado on May 22, 2011. This was taken near St. Joseph Hospital.
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Shawna Neal looks through the rubble that used to be her home. Her home and neighborhood near St. John's Regional Medical Center was destroyed when a tornado hit it on Sunday. (May 23, 2011)
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A business in Joplin that was heavily damaged by the May 22 tornado. (June 17, 2011)
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A long line of tractor trailers were tipped over on I44 near Joplin, Missouri after the town was hit by a tornado on May 22, 2011.
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St. John's Regional Medical Center the day after it was hit by a tornado. (May 23, 2011)
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The Home Depot in Joplin, Mo. lay in ruins following the EF-5 tornado that swept through the city's central core. DAVID EULITT/The Kansas City Star
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A St. John's Regional Medical Center employee retrieves her belongings from her car parked in front of the hospital. She wanted to do it quickly and then head out of town.
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Satellite trucks line a street near St. John's Regional Medical Center the day after it was hit by a tornado. (May 23, 2011)
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An aerial view of the extensive tornado damage to the city of Joplin, Missouri, is seen on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (Keith Myers/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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Businesses near St. John's Regional Medical Center the day after it was hit by a tornado. (May 23, 2011)
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People retrieve their belongings in a home near the St. John's Regional Medical Center the day after it was hit by a tornado. (May 23, 2011)
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A yard in Joplin, Missouri, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, was buried by rubble from houses following the devastation caused by a tornado that swept through the city's central section on Sunday. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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A woman looks at the damage to St. John's Regional Medical Center the day after it was hit by a tornado. (May 23, 2011)
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The neighborhood to the west of St. John's Regional Medical Center the day after it was hit by a tornado. (May 23, 2011)
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The parking lot of St. John's Regional Medical Center the day after it was hit by a tornado. (May 23, 2011)
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Chuck Schneider of Derby looks at a small pocket bible amid the devastation in Joplin on Tuesday. Schneider is currently the Red Cross' Disaster Relief Director in Joplin. (June 14, 2011)
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A St. John's Regional Medical Center employee retrieves her belongings from her car parked in front of the hospital. She wanted to do it quickly and then head out of town. (May 23, 2011)
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Chuck Schneider of Derby looks out over the destruction in Joplin on Tuesday. Schneider is currently the Red Cross' Disaster Relief Director in Joplin. (June 14, 2011)
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A pickup truck with what looked like two rescue workers and two injured people weaved in and out of traffic to get to Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri after the town was hit by a tornado on May 22, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri.
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The neighborhood near St. John's Regional Medical Center the day after it was hit by a tornado. (May 23, 2011)
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Devastation is still apparent three weeks after an EF5 tornado hit the town of Joplin, Mo. (June 14, 2011)
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St. John's hospital in Joplin, Missouri was hit by a tornado on May 22, 2011.
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Kenzie Neal is thrilled to find family photos in the rubble that used to be her home. Her home and neighborhood near St. John's Regional Medical Center was destroyed when a tornado hit it on Sunday. (May 23, 2011)
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Devastation is still apparent three weeks after an EF5 tornado hit the town of Joplin, Mo. (June 14, 2011)
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A pickup truck with what looked like two rescue workers and two injured people weaved in and out of traffic to get to Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri after the town was hit by a tornado on May 22, 2011.
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Shawna Neal is thrilled to find a family photo of her daughters in the rubble that used to be her home. Her home and neighborhood near St. John's Regional Medical Center was destroyed when a tornado hit it on Sunday. (May 23, 2011)
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Devastation is still apparent three weeks after an EF5 tornado hit the town of Joplin, Mo. (June 14, 2011)
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A pickup truck with what looked like two rescue workers and two injured people weaved in and out of traffic to get to Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri after the town was hit by a tornado on May 22, 2011.
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Alexia Neal pulled a pot and a bottle of syrup out of the rubble that used to be her home. Her home and neighborhood near St. John's Regional Medical Center was destroyed when a tornado hit it on Sunday. (May 23, 2011)
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Devastation is still apparent three weeks after an EF5 tornado hit the town of Joplin, Mo. (June 14, 2011)
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The hopes of a search and rescue team were raised when "Fire," a search and rescue dog, signals a human scent by lying down in a pile of rubble on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Joplin, Missouri, following the devastation caused by a tornado that swept through the city's central section on Sunday evening. The destroyed building, a dentist's office, had human dental impressions buried in the rubble, which triggered the dog's signal. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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After finding his wedding ring box for his fiancee, Jarod Stice found a for sale sign in his yard and pushed it into the ground outside his home, Monday morning, May 23, 2011, following a tornado that swept through the center of Joplin the previous evening. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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Matt McReynolds worked on sawing large branches off of a fallen tree at the home of his co-worker, Dr. Jay Farr, of Carlson Chiropractic Center, Monday morning, May 23, 2011, in Joplin, Missouri, following the tornado Sunday evening which destroyed a massive part of Joplin. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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Kansas City Fire Department firefighters Rob Muir, left, and Chad Lunt, right, (Rescue 31) walked through the destruction in downtown Joplin, Missouri, Monday morning, May 23, 2011, following a tornado that swept through the center of the city Sunday evening. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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A cross was all that was left standing of church on 23rd Street on Monday, May 23, 2011, after a tornado swept through the heart of the city on Sunday in Joplin, Missouri. (Shane Keyser/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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Joplin, Missouri residents look for personal items on Monday morning, May 23, 2011, amid the destruction left in the path of a tornado, which swept through the city Sunday evening. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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As day began to break and before another thunderstorm moved through the area, residents of the city of Joplin, Missouri, began to take stock of the damage and salvage a few items, Monday, May 23, 2011. (Shane Keyser/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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An aerial view of the extensive tornado damage to the city of Joplin, Missouri, is seen on Tuesday morning on May 24, 2011. (J.B. Forbes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)
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Landon Dobbs, top left, and his mother, Rita Dobbs, lower right, search through the remains of Jakob Dobb's tornado-damaged apartment at on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Joplin, Missouri. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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With other emergency response help on hand, Joplin Firefighters searched for a couple of convenience store employees across the street from St. John's Regional Medical Center, Monday, May 23, 2011, after a tornado swept through the heart of the city on Sunday in Joplin, Missouri. (Shane Keyser/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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Edward McAllister points to additional tornado damage surrounding his former home in Joplin, Missouri, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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Vehicles were piled on top of each other in the parking lot of St. John's Regional Medical Center on Monday, May 23, 2011, after a tornado swept through the heart of the city on Sunday in Joplin, Missouri. (Shane Keyser/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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Lightning strikes the roof of St. John's Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, on Monday afternoon, May 23, 2011 following Sunday's tornado. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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Landon Dobbs, center, and his mother, Rita Dobbs, lower left, search through the remains of Jakob Dobb's tornado-damaged apartment at on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Joplin, Missouri. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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With storm clouds looming overhead, Stewart Munson, of St. Louis, Missouri, checked to see if his sister's generator could be salvaged, Monday, May 23, 2011, after a tornado swept through the heart of the city on Sunday in Joplin, Missouri. (Shane Keyser/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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A medical helicopter at St. John's Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, is seen in the parking lot of the hospital Monday, May 23, 2011, following a tornado that swept through area. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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A spray-painted mark on a home in Joplin, Missouri, tells search and rescue teams the human occupants were uninjured but their cat was missing on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, following the devastation caused by a tornado that swept through the city's central section on Sunday evening. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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Search and rescue teams marked the destroyed homes in Joplin, Missouri, with an "OK" spray paint mark on Monday morning, May 23, 2011, following the tornado that swept through the city Sunday evening. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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Jon McCoy carries a dresser drawer filled with unbroken china plates out of his friend's home on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Joplin, Missouri, following the devastation caused by a tornado that swept through the city's central section on Sunday evening. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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An aerial view of the extensive tornado damage to the city of Joplin, Missouri, is seen on Tuesday morning on May 24, 2011. (J.B. Forbes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)
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An aerial view of the extensive tornado damage to the city of Joplin, Missouri, is seen on Tuesday morning on May 24, 2011. (J.B. Forbes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)
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While her Joplin, Missouri home was completely destroyed, Amy Jump, lower, her husband and three children all survived the tornado which devastated Joplin on Sunday evening. Here, Jump is emotional as she and her neighbors sift through the rubble Monday morning, May 23, 2011, looking for salvageable items and photos. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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A shotgun was found among the rubble of the former home of Dr. Jay Farr in Joplin, Missouri, on Monday morning, May 23, 2011, following a tornado that swept through the center of the city Sunday evening. Volunteers helped comb through the items and found the shotgun. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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