58 4058 48 were very lucky, we had some minor injuries, all were seen by our ambulance, no one transported to the hospital so were very lucky now to southwest iowa. In corning where a manufacturing plant suffered heavy damage. Production at precision pulley and idler came to an abrupt halt. The storm tore up the roof, smashed out a window and damaged the warehouse. Workers say it seemed to come out of nowhere. We just were having some rain, it was calm. All of the sudden the wind kicked up. I mean it was a matter of three, four seconds. It was boom and it was over with just as quickly as it came in. The Winterset School District is also picking up the pieces. The storm hit just before students were supposed to be sent home for the day. 11 3911 48 as we assess the damage we lost our scoreboard here at the football field, the roof on our softball dugout and some other assorted things were missing that we had this morning the 65thousand dollar scoreboard couldnt withstand the wind. It was only two years old. Paid for with donations. The district does have insurance, and administrators hope to have a new scoreboard in place by next fall. A very brief tornado also caused problems at the des moines airport today. A woman named amy sent us this video from inside the terminal. You can see the wind blow a piece of equipment across the tarmac. A worker was unable to reach it before the equipment crashed into a parked airplane. Those same strong winds also flipped a trailer at the iowa air guard. Crews used a tow truck to pull the trailer back onto its wheels. As you can see. The fence around the guard was also damaged. An even bigger problem at this home along wakonda drive. A large tree came down on the homes front porch. No one was injured. More tree damage nearby. Thornton drive was blocked by downed limbs and branches. Several power poles in the neighborhood were also snapped. And thats why you can expect to see plenty of this. Midamerican energy crews moved in shortly after the storms moved out. At one point 75hundred people in the des moines area were without power. That number is now down to about 15 hundred. Now to our north in dallas county. A minburn family is cleaning up a mess. And this isnt their first time. Channel 13s mike dasilva has the story. 21 44 1417 it was just really windy and raining really hard. the suspected tornado destroying this storage shed north of minburn. Blowing the roof clean off, and leaving debris strewn everywhere. 21 45 38 did it all happen pretty fast . Yeah, yeah it did. 21 45 4151 i was watching the news and it looked like a storm was coming up and it was gonna be here in about 510 minutes, so i went in the basement and it probably lasted maybe ten minutes. chad spellman says itll probably cost minutes, so i went in the basement and it probably lasted maybe ten minutes. chad spellman says itll probably cost 2530 thousand dollars to replace the shed. And this isnt the first time Something Like this has happened on this property. 21 44 2934 we had some damage a few years ago and blew some sheds over and it just seems like it happens all the time anymore. last time the damage was 80 thousand dollars. 21 46 4648 it gets old cleaning all this up. chads wife and kids werent home at the time the strong winds came through today. 21 55 53 we were just leaving downtown from work and school and had been talking to chad and he just said if you cant make it, stop at waukee at dads house and so thats what we did and rode it out in waukee. 21 56 1526 its a scary thought to think we could have been in the basement and this could have happened or it could have been the house, so its nice to know that we were safe where we were and that chad was safe when all is said and done. and despite the damage the winds caused. Erin spellman says shes thankful. 21 56 3751 jay and i actually said a prayer when we were in waukee just to make sure that everybody would be safe so, its nice to see the sun shining after Something Like this happens and know that everybody that we love is safe and we dont have to be doing Something Different than cleaning up an old barn. leave the nats of the kid. Mike dasilva, channel 13 news the storm hit the metro at possibly the worst time. Just as kids were getting out of 53 5454 06 we were about to be let out of school, actually we were let out of school and then the tornado sirens went off so they told us we had to go back in for shelter. Most of us went to the locker room a couple of people were in scattered classrooms with no windows. Waukee held students in the building until the storms passed. West des moines. Ankeny. And several other School Districts did the same. As you would expect. The storm wasnt the first thing on the minds of waukee students. 54 3254 43 i wasnt worried, well i was worried about when we would be let out, it was hot in there i just wanted to get out and get some fresh air chief meteorologist ed wilson joins. Ed. Students arent fans of anything that makes the school day a little longer. The clock is ticking for 2hundred people in des until september to find a new place to live. Bob treanor and his wife learned the news this morning. Mercy is closing its park apartments. The decision to close the complex is part of mercys future campus development. The expansion is still in the planning and discovery phase so the hospital doesnt know how the land will be used. That means little to the 2hundred people age 50 and older who now have to move. 13 20 10 its a great place to live. Its too bad that we have to give it up. I dont think its an easy decision for anyone. 18 mercy admits it will be a very difficult transition for current residents but hopes the ten months notice will make it a little easier. The battle over the Bakken Oil Pipeline will play out during a lengthy hearing tomorrow. The iowa utilities board is deciding whether Dakota Access can use Eminent Domain to seize private land to build the pipeline. 210people are signed up to speak at tomorrows hearing. 105for. And 105against. They will each get two minutes to speak. That works out to a seven hour hearing. The pipeline would cross the state diagonally through 18 counties. The iowa portion stretches nearly 350miles tomorrows public hearing starts at 9 at the boone county fairgrounds. The metro joined together to honor its veterans today. Dozens of veterans took part in the annual veterans Day Celebration at the iowa events center. While soldiers say they appreciate the day of recognition. Its what more important. 59 1059 26 i go to the store. That did serve in the Armed Forces Veterans day featured the dedication of a new memorial today at youngs park in knoxville. The bronze statue is in honor of fallen soldiers. It shows a helmet resting on a rifle next to a pair of standard issue military boots. It will replace a memorial that showcased a soldier kneeling by a cross. While the memorial honor soldiers. It doesnt tell their story. That comes directly from the veterans themselves. 01 0901 18 they killed my pilot and the gunner that was injured in the same blast and finally helicopters come in to pick us up he survived the attack. But it wouldnt be his last. Find out what led him to put his life on the line a second time. And enlist for another tour in vietnam. The soldiers story. Right after the break. At the time, world war one was 97 years ago today. On november 11, 1918 the fighting stopped. At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. But, as we now know, that war did not end all wars. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the vietnam war in 1975. Nearly threemillion americans served in vietnam. 10 percent of their generation. 58thousand soldiers didnt come home. Four decades later. The vietnam war is still a wound our nation as a whole is trying to heal. Tonight. A des moines veteran shares that struggle. Lynn melling has his story. Nats of vietnam. The day a war begins. And the day it ends are etched in the history books. Nats but its the dates inbetween that stick with a soldier. 1 57 9 march 66 is mine. Jerry meek was an airforce major during vietnam. 1 45 49 years since i was shot down. He can describe it. As happened yesterday. 52 48 i was thrown through the aircraft through a door behind the cockpit. All the way to the back of the airplane. The minutes after the crash. Still haunt him. 53 34 i was shot from the jungle. Never saw who shot me. But saw the muzzle blast. And found myself on the ground. And i crawled backwards toward the airplane and they grabbed me by the nape of the neck and pulled me back in. 53 51 i was shot through the chest. 54 01 and they were slowly killing us one by one. And they killed my pilot and the gunner that was injured in the same blast. And finally helicopters come in to pick us up. 54 14 but three people were left behind. Two had been killed. The third. Was first lt. Delbert peterson, from manson, iowa. Jerry had no idea if delbert was dead or alive when they lifted off the ground. He was declared missing in action. His body was never recovered. Heart is still over in vietnam. With his comrade who never came home. 2 33 we all have our ghost. Its what drove jerry to go back to vietnam. Volunteering for tour after tour of duty. 57 48 i had to. Im a professional soldier. And i wanted to get even for one thing. And i did. On my second tour. 58 00 it did cost me a marriage eventually because my wife could never understand why i had to go back. I got a lot of the hate out of me when i went back. For losing all my friends. 58 14 his duty in combat earned him the silver star. And he still has the uniform he was wearing the day he was shot down. 5 52 this is the jacket i had on when i was in the jungle at asho valley. 5 56 but he doesnt need the reminders. Almost 50 years later. It is jerry says. Its too depressing. 5 14 very much. But you have to speak of it because you dont want peoples names to die in vain. And there was a lot of us iowans over there. I was one of the lucky ones. Lucky. But left with a lifetime of anniversaries that will never allow the wounds of war. To fully heal. Of the nearly three million americans who served in vietnam, less than 850thousand are estimated to be alive today. Eight years ago, jerry meek and his wife established a scholarship in delbert petersons name. It is presented annually to an air force rotc student at iowa state university. Ed wx tease 21 51 0823 about ten years ago, we were working on a truck right here with the guy that works for me and i told him theres a tornado, and he didnt believe me, and he looked around the hood and there we saw it start, and hit another farm down the road that i own and then it went on to woodward. 21 52 5821 53 02 your friend didnt believe you . No, he did after he saw it though. Include laughter. Farmer joe spellman almost went through the same thing again today. A decade ago he witnessed this historic tornado form. He says he saw it come 21 51 0823 about ten years ago, we were working on a truck right here with the ed wx tease 21 51 0823 about ten years ago, we were working on a truck right here with the guy that works for me and i told him theres a tornado, and he didnt believe me, and he looked around the hood and there we saw it start, and hit another farm down the road that i own and then it went on to woodward. 21 52 5821 53 02 your friend didnt believe you . No, he did after he saw it though. Include laughter. Farmer joe spellman almost went through the same thing again today. A decade ago he witnessed this historic tornado form. He says he saw it come down out of the sky from his Property North of minburn. Before it headed to woodward. Tomorrow is the ten Year Anniversary of that event. Farmer joe spellman almost went there are many sides to basketball star an fashion icon russell westbrook. And with coverage in the middle of anywhere from u. S. Cellular, he can find some new ones. 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