local officials believe upwards of 8,000 structures were damaged or destroyed. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover at a convenience store. the video is dark, but the audio, the sounds tell a story. oh, my god! [ screaming ] imagine pushing open the door after that incredible experience. elsewhere in joplin, one couple recorded the scene moments after the tornado struck. destruction all around them, homes on fire. they called out for the young man s sister and fiance. sarah! sarah, mike! of course, there s no end to the heartbreak, but no end to hope either. we met tracy pressler, looking for will, who was driving home with his dad and was sucked out of the sunroof of his suv as the tornado struck. we cry a lot. yeah. we cry. but we have faith, you know, that they re going to find him alive. you have to have hope and you have to pray. and if they don t, we pray they find him. more on will norton s story and also that of lantz hare.
it s getting big, big, big. at least 126 people dead, dozens still missing, the actual number not known. local officials believe upwards of 8,000 structures were damaged or destroyed. for those who survive, the scars will always be with them. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover at a convenience store. inside a walk-in beer cooler. one turned on his iphone as the twister struck. the video is dark, but the audio, the sounds tell a story. oh, my god! [ screaming ] imagine pushing open the door after that incredible experience. elsewhere in joplin, one couple recorded the snooen their neighborhood moments after the tornado struck. destruction all around them, homes on fire. they called out for the young man s sister and fiance. sarah! sarah, mike! of course, there s no end to the heartbreak, but no end to hope either. we met tracy press her and her niece, looking for will, who was driving home with his dad and was sucked out of the sunroof of
it s getting big, big, big. at least 126 people dead, dozens still missing, the actual number not known. local officials believe up wartds of 8,000 structures were damaged or destroyed. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover at a convenience store. the video is dark, but the audio, the sounds tell a story. oh, my god! [ screaming ] imagine pushing open the door after that incredible experience. elsewhere in joplin, one couple recorded the scene moments after the tornado struck. destruction all around them, homes on fire. they called out for the young man s sister and fiance. sarah! sarah, mike! of course, there s no end to the heartbreak, but no end to hope either. we met tracy pressler, looking for will, who was driving home with his dad and was sucked out of the sunroof of his suv as the tornado struck. we cry a lot. yeah. we cry. but we have faith, you know, that they re going to find him alive. you have to have hope and you have to
good evening. breaking news tonight in the search for victims in the joplin tornado. first, though, i want to show you some remarkable new video showing the initial moments after the tornado struck, video captured by a couple racing to find a family member, a brother looking for his sister through a neighborhood which after the tornado they barely even recognized. oh, look at this. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh, aaron. oh, my gosh. it went right through here. i don t know where we are. i don t know where to go. we got to keep going this way. don t step on any of this. come on. i feel like i need to help if someone is hurt. we ll keep asking. look at this house. come on. you guys okay? yeah. oh, my gosh! look at these houses, babe. you guys okay? yes. what street is this? i don t know. oh, babe, look. what? oh, no. it s the hospital. it was the hospital. show you more of that video. imagine you don t even recognize the community you
i don t know where to go. we got to keep going this way. don t step on any of this. come on. i feel like i need help. we ll keep asking. come on. you guys okay? yeah. oh, my gosh! look at these houses, babe. you guys okay? yes. what street is this? i don t know. oh, babe, look. what? oh, no. it s the hospital. it was the hospital. show you more of that video. everything is so destroyed, you can t even tell where you are. they went to find her sister, sarah. you ll really want to see how it ends. last night, the governor of missouri said there would be changes in the search for the missing. today we saw the start of those changes. the state took over a large portion of the disaster response. releasing the official roster of people missing or unaccounted for. i have the roster right here. remember for days we ve been saying 1,500 unaccounted for based on a local official statement days ago. today after working all night, the state got that number d