tell us that it may or may not or it may be him or you know? some of the reports are the bruising is so bad that they really can t tell. well, i can tell you whether it s my son. i can tell. and i will tell. and you were asked to give dna? i was asked to give dna today at missouri southern, a little while ago, and that right there just said it in me that there can t be no stopping, unless lantz s found dead or alive, i ve got to keep pushing. i ve got to find him. it s important to hold on to hope? oh, my god, yeah. if you don t have hope, what are you going to do? look at all this. if every family out here didn t have hope that it s going to be better, i ve heard on the radio they re going to rebuild st. john s. that s hope. you ve got to have hope.
although the unidentified young man in the hospital turned out not to be will norton, word about him spread and gave some hope to other families that their lost teenage boy might be alive. the anguished family of 16-year-old lantz hare was one of them. his mom says lantz was ripped out of a car. i had a chance to speak with lantz s dad in joplin. he vowed to search until he found his son alive or not. what is the last you know about lantz? my youngest son called me, and it was maybe ten minutes after the storm, and they him and my ex-wife had been trying to get ahold of him over and over, and they couldn t, and they called me, so i started calling him. and still never got anything. i mean, i called it all last night. i called you ve still been calling his number? well, i can t stop. i don t know why. i do. i stayed up until 2:00 last
you ve got to have god, you ve got to have friends and family, you ve got to have all of it combined to get you through this. well, thanks for talking to us. i appreciate it. thank you. stay strong. sadly, after i spoke to mike hare that day, we learned that his son, lantz, did not survive the tornado. up next, a brother desperate to find his sister, minutes after the tornado hit. sarah! mike! sarah! mike! sarah! mike! mike! sarah! the frantic search, destruction everywhere they looked. see what happened to them, coming up. plus, we ll talk with the people who went through this. they rode out the tornado almost in complete darkness inside a walk-in beer cooler at a convenience store. ber, producing products that save on fuel and emissions like ecopia tires. even making parts for solar panels that harness the sun s energy.
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
are suffering. and we hope they find their loved ones alive. although ton identified young man in the hospital turned out not to be will norton, the anguished family of lantz hare was one of them. lantz was last seen with a friend. lantz was ripped out of a car. i spoke with his dad, mike, in joplin. he vowed to search until he found his son, alive or not. what was the last you knew about lantz? my youngest son called me, and it was maybe ten minutes after the storm, and they him and my ex-wife had been trying to get ahold of him over and over and they couldn t. and i started calling him and still never got anything. i called it all last night. you re still calling his number? i can t stop. i don t know why. i stayed up until like 2:00 last