Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: George Stephanopoulos) The deadly tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri, introduced; statistics cited.

(Joplin: Diane Sawyer) The impact of a tornado on one Joplin house and family featured; scenes shown from inside a damaged house. [WOMAN - describes what happened.]

(Studio: George Stephanopoulos) The monster tornado featured; videos shown of the twister from a convenience store.

(Joplin: Diane Sawyer, David Muir) The punishing series of storms in Joplin featured; scenes shown of wrecked homes, the tornado, an aerial and ground view of a flattened neighborhood, from inside a damaged roofless house, the Wal-Mart, more obliterated homes and a truck. [Survivors Janet STEPHENS, WOMAN - describe what happened.] The damages to the high school discussed.

(Joplin: Diane Sawyer) The impact of the tornado on Joplin reviewed; scenes shown of people screaming in the dark and outside the damaged hospital with photos also shown. [Survivors Sheila HARRINGTON†, Rob PACE†- recount what happened in St. John's hospital.]

(Joplin: Josh Elliott) The search for survivors in Joplin featured; scenes shown from the wreckage, searching inside a wrecked Wal-Mart and parking lot and inside The Home Depot. [Search and rescue's Doug WESTHOFF‡, Erin VENABLE‡- talk about prioritizing.] [Searching for brother, Gary ENGLAND‡, MAN - comment.]

(Joplin: Diane Sawyer, Sam Champion) The rating of the tornado as an EF-4 and the forecast for the area discussed; scenes shown of the destruction and a weather map.