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All rights reserved. The school opened first, then the church, which held its first service in December. Justin Monaghan rode out the tornado in a bathtub in his quarters behind the old church. He said his congregation was initially divided on whether the cross should be moved to the new site. Monaghan supported leaving it.
Monaghan said people drive in occasionally to visit. He hopes to add benches and a garden at the site, and said the base of the cross needs to be repaired. East of the cross, 26th Street crosses Main Street. Joplin used to be a mining town, built on a maze of shafts used to extract lead and zinc. But industry doesn't define the place like it once did.
Joplin is a tornado town now. In , the city had an estimated population of 51, The tornado caused a temporary drop, but by July , according to the city, Joplin had grown to surpass the pre-tornado figure.
The tornado destroyed it hours after graduation was held for the Class of A new building, sleek and modern, opened in September The couple was joined by their daughter and two grandchildren, whom they had called when the weather forecasts grew threatening, and dozens of others who either lived near the church or had arrived for the evening service. The tornado ultimately stayed about two blocks north — but that meant the Sumnerses' house was in its path. The home on Texas Avenue, where the couple had lived for 33 years, was basically demolished.
At the time, her husband said the couple planned to rebuild. Ultimately, they didn't. On Tuesday, two days after the tornado and one day after speaking with the News-Leader, Tim Sumners was outside his church, talking to one of the neighbors who had joined him in the basement. The neighbor casually mentioned he was moving — a decision that wasn't tornado-related — and needed to put his place, which had been minimally damaged, on the market. Sumners asked the neighbor to name a price.
The response, he felt, was reasonable. Sumners called an attorney friend, who helped draw up a contract, and purchased the house the next day. The couple had moved in by the end of June. Their new home is nice, the Sumners said. The previous owner replaced the roof after the tornado, even though it could have gotten by with just being patched, and buying a new home saved the hassle of rebuilding. Contractors were in high demand after the storm.
First responders are "some of the people that probably suffered the most," said Sumners, who has been a chaplain for the city's police and fire departments for nearly three decades.
Two fire stations — No. Both were relocated and opened in December Some on duty when the storm struck headed out to help without knowing the fates of their own homes and families; cell service was limited due to damaged towers. South of the Sumnerses' old home on Texas Avenue is a tree that lost its canopy. The remaining trunk has been painted with butterflies.
The fluttering insects have become an unexpected design element in the city's recovery. It's possible to look at the path the tornado took and marvel — realistically, not morbidly — that more weren't killed. Butterflies have become associated with some of the more miraculous tales of survival. The city has had more than two dozen butterfly sculptures on display over the past month to mark the 5-year anniversary.
It's not only allegory — butterflies serving as a stand-in for angels. The insect's metamorphosis, from caterpillar to flight-ready state, is also intended to signify the city's recovery. Roger Dedick and his wife, Paula, were in the basement of their home on 18th Street when the storm arrived.
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