they didn t find sarah at home, but they did find sarah. i spoke with her and with aaron. aaron, what was going through your head? i mean, when you grabbed the camera and first ran outside. had you ever been through anything like this before? nothing like this. i mean, i m not sure anybody has, with what they re saying about this kind of tornado. when we left the house, we had no idea it was like this, though. i took the camera thinking there d be some downed trees and stuff like that. but by the time we had to abandon the car because of the debris, you kind of realized the severity of everything, and i already had the camera running, so we just kind of had it running as we went out searching, and every block you went in deeper, the worse and worse it got, and the severity of it kind of set in. and aaron, you even had trouble figuring out where you were, even though it s a neighborhood you know very well. yeah, i ve lived in joplin my entire life. you know, i d been to my siste
oh, we ve got lightning. we need to go back. let s turn around. oh, it s getting big, big, big. that s huge! for those who survived, the scars will always be them. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover in a convenience store in a walk-in beer cooler. one turned on his camera as the tornado struck. the video is dark, but the sound tells a story. oh! [ wind blowing ] oh, my god! jesus, jesus! imagine pushing open the door after that incredible experience. elsewhere in joplin, one couple recorded the scene in their neighborhood moments after the tornado struck. destruction all around them, homes on fire. they called out for the young man s sister and her fiance. sarah! sarah! mike! of course, there s no end to the heartbreak, but no end to hope either. we met tracy pressler and her niece, sarah norton. they were looking for sarah s brother, will, who was driving home from his graduation with his dad and was sucked out of the sunroof w
that s okay, baby, that means they re not here. kirby, by the way, is sarah s cat. brook and aaron didn t find sarah at home but they did find sarah. i spoke with her and with aaron. aaron, what was going through your head when you grabbed the camera and first ran outside, had you ever been through anything like this before? nothing like this. i m not sure anybody has with what they re saying about this kind of tornado. when we left the house, we had no idea it was like this, though. i took the camera thinking there would be some downed trees and stuff like that. but by too time we had to abandon the car because of the debris, you realized the severity of everything, and i already had the camera running. every block you went in deeper, the worse and worse it got and the severity of it set in. aaron, you even had trouble figuring out where you were, even though it s probably a neighborhood you know very well. yeah, i ve lived in joplin my entire life. i ve been to my sister s
your head when you grabbed the camera and first ran outside, had you ever been through anything like this before? nothing like this. i m not sure anybody has with what they re saying about this kind of tornado. when we left the house, we had no idea it was like this, though. i took the camera thinking there would be some downed trees and stuff like that. but you realized the severity of everything, and i already had the camera running. every block you went in deeper, the worse and worse it got and the severity of it set in. aaron, you even had trouble figuring out where you were, even though it s probably a neighborhood you know very well. yeah, i ve lived in joplin my entire life. i ve been to my sister s house obviously plenty of times. everything was just so level, you had no idea where you were. with the street signs gone, there was no land markers, no houses, no trees, no nothing. it was just completely barren.
though. kirby, by the way, is sarah s cat. brook and aaron didn t find sarah at home but they did find sarah. i spoke with her and with aaron. aaron, what was going through your head when you grabbed the camera and first ran outside, had you ever been through anything like this before? nothing like this. i m not sure anybody has with what they re saying about this kind of tornado. when we left the house, we had no idea it was like this, though. i took the camera thinking there would be some drouowned trees a stuff like that. but you realized the severity of everything, and i already had the camera running. every block you went in deeper, the worse and worse it got and the severity of it set in. aaron, you even had trouble figuring out where you were, even though it s probably a neighborhood you know very well. yeah, i ve lived in joplin my