we have indication that there have been 142 human remains found within the city of joplin. that announcement from today and as the death toll rises in shattered joplin, missouri, those who survived last sunday s tornado are trying to make sense of the catastrophe that upended their lives. destroyed almost everything around them. cnn s casey wian says some are finding faith and hope at a red cross shelter. reporter: blown away. a town, a community torn apart. he lost his hospital, his home and nearly his father. i was just calling him out. i was yelling his name. dad, dad, are you there? reporter: he nearly lost his life. i thought i was going to die, truthfully.
there have been 142 human remains found within the city of joplin. that announcement from today and as the death toll rises in shattered joplin, missouri, those who survived last sunday s tornado are trying to make sense of the catastrophe that upended their lives. cnn s casey wian says some are finding faith and hope at a red cross shelter. reporter: blown away. a town, a community torn apart. he lost his hospital, his home and nearly his father. i was just calling him out. i was yelling his name. dad, dad, are you there? reporter: he nearly lost his life. i thought i was going to die, truthfully.
reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of nature s power. oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees are debarked. reporter: residents running for every anywhere they could. everybody get down, all on the ground. reporter: in a crowded convenience store, some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] go! oh, dear heaven. god! reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers moving customers to the back and then everything goes flying. the massive tornado mowing down everything in its path. people s lives churned up and spewed out. here s the gas station that we were at. reporter: this is the convenience store now. this would have been where we walked in. reporter: all across the city, thousands and thousands of people in shock, taking the first steps on the long road to recovery. make no mistake, joplin, missouri, will rebui
go! oh, dear heaven. god! reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers moving customers to the back and then everything goes flying. the massive tornado mowing down everything in its path. people s lives churned up and spewed out. here s the gas station that we were at. reporter: this is the convenience store now. this would have been where we walked in. reporter: all across the city, thousands and thousands of people in shock, taking the first steps on the long road to recovery. make no mistake, joplin, missou missouri, will rebuild, but it will never be the same. hello and welcome to this one-hour cnn special report on the joplin, missouri, tornado and other deadly storms. a twister s fury: in the path of destruction. i m drew griffin. just hours from now president obama will be on the ground in joplin for his first look at what s left of this devastated city. 142 people have lost their lives. anoth
that is a monster tornado. reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of nature s power. oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees are debarked. reporter: residents running for every anywhere they could. everybody get down, all on the ground. reporter: in a crowded convenience store, some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] go! oh, dear heaven. god! reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers moving customers to the back and then everything goes flying. the massive tornado mowing down everything in its path. people s lives churned up and spewed out. here s the gas station that we were at. reporter: this is the convenience store now. this would have been where we walked in. reporter: all across the city, thousands and thousands of we have indication that people in shock, taking the there have been 142 human first st