{"id":1671,"date":"2011-05-25T11:01:31","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T15:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2011-05-26T11:12:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T15:12:50","slug":"miracles-in-the-ruins-of-the-joplin-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/05\/miracles-in-the-ruins-of-the-joplin-tornado.html","title":{"rendered":"Miracle in the ruins of the Joplin tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a video with stunning audio that makes up for\u00a0the lack of visuals &#8212; as you hear for yourself the tornado ripping through the Fastrip convenience store\u00a0near Range Line Road. Then, the second video shows where it all happened.<\/p>\n<p>Isaac Duncan\u00a0says\u00a0he heard reports that a tornado was literally around the corner. So he and a friend ran into the closest place they could find,\u00a0the\u00a0Fastrip store, according to CNN. This video taken inside the store&#8217;s freezer where he and about 20 people took shelter documents the terror they experienced as the tornado hit the store.<\/p>\n<p>The twister killed at least\u00a0125 people &#8212; but at last 1,500 are missing and unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p>As you watch the first video here, listen to how calm the store&#8217;s customers are as they try to figure out what to do about the approaching storm. Then it hits. One woman cries out to Jesus over and over as the small\u00a0walk-in cooler is apparently packed with 20 or so people crammed in on top of each other.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DB1bjIWYFIo&#038;feature=related\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DB1bjIWYFIo&amp;feature=related<\/a>\n<p>Then, watch this follow-up video &#8212; showing the devastated store and the intact walk-in where 20 people&#8217;s lives were spared.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aftermath of First person Joplin Tornado\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W-P4P68YyNM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a video with stunning audio that makes up for\u00a0the lack of visuals &#8212; as you hear for yourself the tornado ripping through the Fastrip convenience store\u00a0near Range Line Road. Then, the second video shows where it all happened. Isaac Duncan\u00a0says\u00a0he heard reports that a tornado was literally around the corner. 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