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.
Caption
Slide 4 of 8
May 23, 2011
Neighbors and volunteers search in the rain for 86-year-old Betty Jo Fisher, who was confined to her bed when the tornado struck Sunday afternoon in the the center of Joplin, Missouri, killing at least 162 people and leaving a path of devastation, as seen on Monday evening, May 23, 2011. The Jasper County coroner coroner later confirmed that she died in the storm.