Edward Keating: Joplin, Missouri, Tornado
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  • Much of Joplin is unrecognizable since the tornado. A woman walks by the railroad tracks near 20th St. May 24, 2011...
  • What's left of a kitchen cupboard. Joplin, Mo. May 26, 2011...
  • Officials say the tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. An overview of the destruction. Joplin, Mo, May 26, 2011..
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • Homes were ripped apart and more than 100 people were killed in minutes by the EF-5 twister. Joplin, Mo. May 26, 2011..
  • Ed Boyd steered his wife Kathy away from the tub she was heading for and into this 3x3 closet under the stairs where they survived the storm. Joplin, Mo. May 24, 2011.
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • A resident sorts through what's left of a kitchen in Joplin, Mo. May 26, 2011...
  • Copies of Life magazine lie in a pile of personal belongings. Joplin, Mo. May 26, 2011...
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • Dan Farren surveys the damage outside his destroyed home on Kentucky Street. Joplin, Mo, May 26, 2011..
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • The view outside, from the remnants of a picture window. Joplin, Mo. May 24, 2011..
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • Sheets of metal molded onto a tree stripped of its bark and leaves in Joplin, Mo. May 25, 2011...
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • The force of the storm crushed these two vehicles together which landed in middle of field. Joplin, Mo. May 25, 2011...
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • A Volkswagon Beetle trapped in debris on Gabby Street. Joplin, Mo. May 26, 2011...
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • Missing posters in a shelter set up at Missouri Southern State University. Joplin, Mo, May 26, 2011...
  • The crucifix on top of St. Mary's Catholic Church survived the storm and remains standing. Joplin, Mo. May 26, 2011...
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • Abandoned wheelchairs are scattered in the parking lot at the devastated Greenbriar Nursing Home in Joplin, Mo. Wednesday, May 26, 2011. .Eleven residents died after an EF-5 tornado struck the facility...
  • A mural of Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat, in the stairwell at Irving Elementary School. Joplin, Mo. May 26, 2011..
  • The interior of Joplin High School's music room. May 25, 2011.
  • After a tornado cut a path a mile by four miles wide, destroying over 2000 homes and businesses, including the hospital. Joplin, Mo, May 2011
  • An unscathed oil painting lies next to a wrecked car on front lawn of the Stallsmith family home. Joplin, Mo. May 24, 2011...

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