What makes the fabric of a community? Is it the
churches and schools, the evening softball games,
Old 40 and the houses with wide porches? Or is it
the spirit and resiliency of the people that live here?
“It popped our ears. We heard the train sound,
and then it started to suck Wyatt’s clothing.
A support bean cracked. All the dirt came down,
and we couldn’t breathe.”
Quotation from Brenda Lacey, survivor
“It’s funny what (the tornado) leaves and what it takes.”
Quotation from Melanie Bergstrom, Chapman H.S. band teacher
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