terrible tragedy, to the thousands of missourians and citizens across the nation who have opened their hearts to help us heal, to the hundreds of firefighters and emergency responders who came without hesitation to climb over piles of rubble in search of our survivors. to pastor garris, to pastor brown, father monaghan, lieutenant colonel kilmer and the wonderful choir from the wonderful united methodist church. to president obama who s with us today. thank you all for coming. it is an honor to be here. joining the thousands of missourians s joining in this special day of prayer. we stand on hallowed ground, to the witness of destructive nature, power of nature, and the
hit by this tornado, brown is getting help from volunteers, offering food, sweat, and comfort. brown tells me he s learned something and wants to tell the people of joplin, don t turn down help and don t give up. if you can t go anywhere, you always go home. wouldn t it have been easier for you to pack it in, say i m not going back and startover somewhere. would have been a whole lot easier, but i won t let this get me down. reporter: a full month after a deadly tornado and so many still so slow to turn the corner from surviving to recovery. david mattingly, cnn, tuscaloosa, alabama. you re in the cnn newsroom for this special report. this special joplin memorial service this sunday, may 29. it s going to begin any minute. live pictures of all those who have a ticket and a seat in place. president barack obama is also there. he s seen for himself the destruction that left behind the destruction of last world series eek tornado and he also met face to face with many