by God's grace, we will restore this community and by God's grace we will renew our souls."Įarlier, the Rev. And in our hearts the joy they gave us lives on and nothing can take that from us. but those we love, those we lost, are safe with God and safe in our hearts. "This tragedy has changed us forever," Nixon said. Jay Nixon, who spoke before Obama at the memorial service. "It seems inconceivable that just one week ago, the people of Joplin were going about their daily lives, doing the ordinary things that people do on a Sunday evening - cooking dinner, watching TV, walking the dog, attending their sons' and daughters' graduation," said Missouri Gov. Some of the remains may belong to the same person, she said, cautioning the figure should not be considered a death toll at this point.
State officials have released the names of 87 victims.Īuthorities have 146 sets of human remains, Andrea Spillars, deputy director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety, said Sunday. Early Sunday morning, Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr told CNN the death toll was 142. tornado since modern recordkeeping began in 1950. It destroyed neighborhoods, stripped the bark from trees, reduced homes in its path to unrecognizable rubble and killed more people than any other U.S. The tornado swept a 13-mile path, the National Weather Service said Sunday, raising its earlier estimate of six miles. We are called by them to do everything we can to be worthy of this chance we've been given to carry on." "And so, in the wake of this tragedy, let us live up to their example, to make each day count, to live with a sense of mutual regard, to live with that same compassion that they demonstrated in their final hours. "There are heroes around us all the time," the president said. He died saving more than a dozen people in that freezer.įaith comes to the forefront on Sunday in Joplin
Lucas held on as long as he could, Obama told the crowd Sunday, "until he was pulled away by the incredible force of the storm. One of them, Dean Wells, directed his co-workers and customers at Home Depot to safety, returning again and again for more people until a wall of the store fell on top of him, the president said.Īnd Christopher Lucas, 26, a manager at a Pizza Hut, herded employees and customers into a walk-in freezer, finding a bungee cord to hold the door shut from the inside and wrapping the other end around his arm. Obama spoke about two of the heroes from the twister, which barreled into Joplin packing 200-mph winds a week ago Sunday. (CNN) - Those who have survived a devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri, should do their utmost to live up to the example set by those who died while helping others escape the storm, President Barack Obama said Sunday at a memorial service for the victims.
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