Joplin tornado 10 years later: 2 Red Cross workers reflect on disaster
Sherri Odell, JoAnne Woody say they recall wanting to help Share Updated: 8:02 PM CDT May 19, 2021
Sherri Odell, JoAnne Woody say they recall wanting to help Share Updated: 8:02 PM CDT May 19, 2021
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Show Transcript SUMMATIVE PEOPLE NEEDING HELP, AND THEY WERE THE HELPERS. MAY 22ND 2011. A DA JTEOANNE WOODY AND SHERRI ODELL WILL ALWAYS REMEMB.ER AT WHAT POINT DID YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOTTA GO, WE’VE GOTTA GET TO JOPN?LI WHEN IT’S IN YOUR BACKYARD, WHEN IT IS YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, IT’S NOT A QUESTION OF DO I GET TO GO, IT’S WHENRE A YOU PUTTING ME ON THE ROAD? REPORTER: BOTH VOLUNTEERSOT G THE CALL AND REBOOTS ON GROUND ZERO. WE SAWOU S WE SAW PEOPLE THAT WERE IN SHELLSHOCKED. I WOULD SEE THE KCPD CARS DRE I, RAYTOWN, LEE’S SUMMIT AND IT WAS JUST MIND BLOWING, THESE ARE MY PEOPLE THEY DOWN HELPING. REPORT: ODELL’S FIRST DAYS AT THIS EMERGEN