JOPLIN — Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that killed at least 117 people. It blasted much of this town off the map Sunday night and slammed straight into its hospital.
UPDATE: Rescuers race to find survivors of Joplin tornado
Monday, May 23, 2011 | 10:50 p.m. CDT;
updated 10:23 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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