Mon May 20, 2013, 08:57 PM
sheshe2 (76,081 posts)
Oklahoma- First Responders.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/tornado-photos-oklahoma_n_3308868.html#slide=2477633
![]() Moore police dig through the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (Sue Ogrocki / AP) ![]() A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki) ![]() A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometer) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on the elementary school. (Sue Ogrocki / AP) ![]() ![]() ![]() http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/tornado-photos-oklahoma_n_3308868.html#slide=2477483 Our hearts go out to Oklahoma~Kansas~Iowa. We are with you.
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Author | Time | Post |
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sheshe2 | May 2013 | OP |
ProSense | May 2013 | #1 | |
MichiganVote | May 2013 | #2 | |
Gin | May 2013 | #3 | |
GoCubsGo | May 2013 | #4 | |
nadinbrzezinski | May 2013 | #10 | |
spanone | May 2013 | #5 | |
janlyn | May 2013 | #6 | |
Lady Freedom Returns | May 2013 | #9 | |
liberal from boston | May 2013 | #7 | |
malaise | May 2013 | #8 | |
sheshe2 | May 2013 | #11 | |
malaise | May 2013 | #12 | |
Cha | May 2013 | #13 | |
matt819 | May 2013 | #14 | |
Botany | May 2013 | #15 | |
JPZenger | May 2013 | #16 | |
Little Star | May 2013 | #17 | |
Nanjing to Seoul | May 2013 | #18 |
Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:05 PM
ProSense (116,464 posts)
1. Devastating. n/t
Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:08 PM
MichiganVote (21,086 posts)
2. Shout out to the teachers who kept the children as safe as they could.
Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:10 PM
Gin (7,212 posts)
3. How awful......the panic and shock are evident in those young faces.
Bless them all.
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Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:10 PM
GoCubsGo (28,822 posts)
4. Awful.
I wonder how many of them have family of their own that are in need of help...
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Response to GoCubsGo (Reply #4)
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:32 PM
nadinbrzezinski (154,021 posts)
10. More than a few
This is what makes first responders special in many ways.
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Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:16 PM
janlyn (735 posts)
6. bad memories
Seeing these pictures bring back all the fears.being in a huge tornado is something you won't easily forget. My heart is filled with sorrow for allnthe victims and their families!!!
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Response to janlyn (Reply #6)
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:30 PM
Lady Freedom Returns (13,281 posts)
9. +1
If I may ask, which one?
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Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:19 PM
liberal from boston (856 posts)
7. Moore Oklahoma Tornado
Heartbreaking--My prayers & thought are with you All Moore, Oklahoma. |
Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:24 PM
malaise (244,372 posts)
8. And they're all government workers
I want them around when I face disasters
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Response to malaise (Reply #8)
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:39 PM
sheshe2 (76,081 posts)
11. We had those government workers here, Malaise,
In Boston. We thank our lucky stars, just as Oklahoma, we are all happy for their first response.
Just like the civilian response, putting themselves in harms way so selflessly, to aid the fallen. ![]() |
Response to sheshe2 (Reply #11)
Mon May 20, 2013, 10:11 PM
malaise (244,372 posts)
12. Yep
The teachers also rock!!!
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Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Mon May 20, 2013, 10:13 PM
Cha (276,218 posts)
13. oh dear :(
Incredible they're coming out of that rubble.
Mahalo to First Responders who are pulling the little sweethearts out. ![]() ![]() |
Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Mon May 20, 2013, 11:21 PM
matt819 (10,422 posts)
14. Amazing photos
Really capture the devastation and intensity of the storm as well as of the first responders and survivors.
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Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Tue May 21, 2013, 10:38 AM
Botany (63,721 posts)
15. text 90999 and send the word red cross to send $10.00
n/t
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Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Tue May 21, 2013, 01:25 PM
JPZenger (6,819 posts)
16. After WTC collapse, firefighters used to hide in the rubble so search dogs wouldn't get depressed
A couple days after the WTC collapse, the search dogs were only finding bodies. They had been trained to mainly find survivors and were getting depressed. As a result, some of the firefighters started to hide in the rubble so that the search dogs could find them and feel that they were doing some good.
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Response to JPZenger (Reply #16)
Wed May 22, 2013, 09:50 AM
Little Star (17,055 posts)
17. Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks!
Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Thu May 23, 2013, 10:05 AM
Nanjing to Seoul (2,088 posts)
18. i always though the first responders here were the teachers that used their bodies
to save their students' lives.
i keep forgetting. we teachers are nation's whipping boys for all social ills. when we do something good, the first responders get all the press. teachers are a dime a dozen. and i makes teachers like me sick to my stomach |