A resident of Lakeshore Mobile Homes Resort surveys the damage done by a tornado that ripped through the neighborhood May 3, 1999.
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Residents of Lakeshore Mobile Homes Resort in Wichita, Kan., help an injured man after his home was hit by a tornado May 3, 1999.
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EMS and a resident of Lakeshore Mobile Homes Resort talk to a man who was trapped in his mobile home after a tornado hit his neighborhood May 3, 1999.
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A Haysville family is trapped in a pickup after power lines were blown down on Grand Avenue on May 3, 1999.
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An aerial view of the damage at Lakeshore Mobile Homes Resort.
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An aerial view of the damage at Lakeshore Mobile Homes Resort.
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Mary Meek, of Kansas Search and Rescue team, and her dog, Sierra, look for bodies at the Lakeshore Mobile Homes Resort.
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Sgt. Stacy Foster of the 184th at McConnell Air Force Base, comforts a dog found at the Lakeshore Mobile Homes Resort.
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Cheryl Freed, Russ Fore, Tina Freed and Roger Vines look through the rubble of Cheryl Freed's home in the Lakeshore Mobile Homes Resort.
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Two men survey cars May 4, 1999, that were tossed around like toys in the parking lot of Southlake Village Apartments in south Wichita.
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Roberta James sits on her living room recliner in what remains of her home in Haysville. Roberta and her husband were trapped in their basement moments after the tornado hit May 3, 1999.
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Cecil Smith, leaning against one of the elm trees that stood in his yard, gets a hug from his daughter Elaine Backman after she arrived from Kansas City.
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A basketball hoop was all that was left standing at Dean Parker's home in south Wichita.
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Railroad workers try to straighten out a crossing guard at 71st Street and Seneca in Haysville a day after the tornado hit the area May 3, 1999.
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Cheri Wolf left, and her husband, Sammy Wolf Jr., help her mother-in-law, Carol Wolf, find some old photographs at their business, J-Mac Auto Sales in Haysville.
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The remains of a mobile home in Haysville.
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Kansas Gov. Bill Graves talks with Mark Elliott, standing where Elliott's house used to be in Haysville, Kan. Elliott's house was destroyed.
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Bud Wallis surveys the remains of his home of 40 years on Baughman Street in Haysville. "God was ahold of our hand," Wallis said, amazed that he and his wife survived the storm.
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Rep. Todd Tiahrt, right, Gov. Bill Graves and Haysville Mayor Tim Norton walk down Baughman Street in Haysville surveying the tornado damage.
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Ashley Tibbits, 17, hugs her grandmother Leah Colgrove after she arrived at the Tibbits home. Tibbits spent the night under a desk with her mother when the tornado blew through.
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Josh McCormack leads his parents, William and Janelle McCormack, by his grandparents' damaged home in Haysville.
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Mark Elliott hugs his sister-in-law, Denise Shipman. Elliott and his 12-year-old son got to the bathroom just seconds before the tornado hit his home at Baughman Street in Haysville. "It was like a bomb hit. It took about a half a second and everything was gone." The foundation of his home was the only thing left.
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Megan Erives, 12, holds a stuffed animal that she recovered from a pile of rubble. Erives' grandparents' home was destroyed in the tornado, but they stayed safe in the basement.
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Terry Behrens digs for some of her family's belongings.
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Terry Behrens hauls a load of lumber away from her home at the Pacesetter Mobile Home Park.
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Nancy Denlinger and her stepson Daniel Denlinger collect belongings from the wreckage of Katy Denlinger's mobile home. Katy and her fiance, Michael Heppler, were trapped in the wreckage for nearly two hours.
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The Pacesetter Mobile Home Park two days after the May 1999 tornado.
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A Mother's Day card for Terry Behrens, made by her son David, was found in the rubble.
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Donna Behrens takes a break as she helps her brother Larry and his family attempt to find some of their belongings at the Pacesetter Mobile Home Park.
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Terry Behrens looks for anything of value from her kitchen at the Pacesetter Mobile Home Park.
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Megan Erives wrote on the back of a yard sign that she and her grandparents had survived the tornado that hit their home.
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David Layland uses an ax to free his truck from debris after a tornado hit his Haysville home on May 3, 1999.
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Phyllis Layland recovers part of her vintage McDonald toy collection from underneath a tree near her destroyed home in Haysville.
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Shek Weber, Debbie Dunn and Fran Dunn look at an old flag Weber found in the rubble of the Dunns' home, south of Haysville, Kan. Weber raised the flag on a piece of tree branch. The Dunn family drove away from the tornado and were unharmed.
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David Layland steadies himself on a fallen tree while trying to salvage items from his backyard.
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Greg Dirks loads up his plate with food at the Haysville Activities Center. Dirks is a volunteer for Mennonite Disaster Service. The organization was helping victims of the tornado by offering food, clothing and other household goods.
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Phyllis Layland hugs her 3-year-old grandson, Derek Grossnickle, for the first time since her home was destroyed by a tornado in Haysville, Kan., on May 3, 1999.
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Claire Gaida looks through rubble where the mobile home belonging to her friend, Judith Gates, landed after it was struck by a tornado on May 3, 1999. Gates was one of six people killed by the tornado that struck Haysville and south Wichita. Gates died clutching her 1-month-old grandchild, who also died.
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Haysville Mayor Tim Norton talks to FEMA director James Lee Witt and Kansas Gov. Bill Graves as they toured the tornado-damaged areas of Haysville.
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Vice President Al Gore views tornado damage during a helicopter tour of the Haysville and Wichita area.
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Vice President Al Gore looks over the damage on Baughman Street in Haysville.
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Lealia Wallis takes Vice President Al Gore through the rubble that was her home in Haysville on May 6, 1999. In front of them is a 30-foot piece of metal that lodged in the ground behind the home when the tornadoes hit.
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Vice President Al Gore walks with Haysville Mayor Tim Norton as they tour some of the damaged areas in Haysville.
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Vice President Al Gore hugs Melissa Blaine, 5, and her sister, Jessica, 9, during a walking tour of a portion of Haysville that was heavily damaged by a tornado.
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Haysville Mayor Tim Norton surveys the tornado damage.
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