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well, this is where plaza towers elementary once stood. you see some crosses behind me now, seven of them for the seven lives lost here. they re tearing out the slab. they re building a brand new school on this property, but it s not ready until next year. so for now about three-quarters of the students who used to attend here, who still live in the area are heading back to school in a different building. and if we have to hide our fears and our apprehension for starting, that s what we re going to do. reporter: at a staff meeting thursday, principal amy simpson struggled with emotions. it s okay to cry, it s okay to be afraid, it s okay to be angry. reporter: they are the teachers who saved lives back in may when a tornado ripped their school apart. all summer long, the district collected donated school supplies from books to wall decorations, there are reminders of the old school. you know, when we walked around the old school in may, remember, we were looking at the mural
what a move back to a story out of california. kidnapped teenager hannah anderson making her first public appearance since her rescue, arriving unexpectedly at a california fund-raiser for her family. she did knot speak but her dad had this to say. i have talked directly with the horsemen and that went very well given our love and gratitude. it was a wonderful thing. it was a chance encounter. but it did save my daughter s life. other than that, hannah sends her love. she is doing good day by day. we ll keep moving forward from here. bill: also the money from the fund-raiser will help cover funeral expenses for her mother and brother, both allegedly killed by family friend james dimaggio at their house before hannah was taken to the idaho wilderness. martha: meantime, three months after a deadly tornado ripped their school right out of the ground, students from the plaza towers elementary school in
oklahoma are starting their first day of school. look at those pictures from before and after that horrific tornado. that is the rubble where the school once stood. seven students were among the 24 people who were killed. you remember these scenes of people trapped under the walls and incredible rescues we witnessed of children being carried out of that school. most of the children will be attending classes in temporary buildings until the new school is built but a lost memories are going to come back for those people. certainly so many heroes in that story. a miracle more children were not lost. bill: when you have that type of experience at that age, it sticks with you for a lifetime. our best to them. we re just getting rolling here on a friday morning. our top story, can americans trust the government s claim that all the spying is for the greater good? a closer look after this bombshell this morning. congress giving itself a pass when it comes to the president s new health car
damage is primarily to roofs. nearly 1,800 people are without power in the tulsa area. in arkansas at least nine are injured and one was trapped inside a car after two tornadoes touched down there. bill karins will have our full forecast in three minutes. turning now to moore, oklahoma where emotions are raw less than two weeks after a massive ef-5 turn tor through that community. crews demolished what was left of the plaza towers elementary school thursday. it s where seven third graders lost their lives during that devastating storm. i look at my daughter s school and i just can t, i can t imagine the babies that were in there and what they went through. school officials plan to rebuild plaza towers and another damaged school at an estimated cost of $20 million. some parents aren t sure whether it s a good idea to rebuild on the same land where the seven young students lost their lives.