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It will forever be known as the Joplin tornado that turned
a six mile path of a city into an unrecognizable disaster zone.
"The house was shaking."
"The building collapsed on us."
"Im surprised anybody survived any of this."
"It's my whole life just thrown about and it's just gone."
AmeriCorps arrived in Joplin at six in the morning the Monday after the tornado struck.
"People's lives have been changed."
"You get out there and you see that they really do need your help."
"This is the largest volunteer turnout that we've had.
We've had thousands come through our system already and we expect many more."
"When something like this happens, people want to rush to help.
The work that the national service folks at Americorps or RSVP. That's critical work."
It's the miracle of the human spirit directed toward work that's necessary."