CPOY 66 Domestic Picture Story Bronze: Joplin, Missouri: A Fighting Spirit
A narrative picture story or thematic essay photographed in your home country that either reports on significant events, celebrates life, portrays sport or explores environmental, social, economic or political topics.
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Slide 3 of 8
May 23, 2011
Sara Thomas reacts to the uncertain fate of her friend's four children who lived in a house destroyed by the EF-5 tornado that hit Sunday afternoon in the the center of Joplin, Missouri, killing at least 162 people and leaving a path of devastation, as seen on Monday, May 23, 2011. It was later learned that the children survived the storm by taking refuge at a neighbors home.