David Eulitt

2011 Year in Review: Joplin tornado

During a severe weather alert which forced the medical volunteers and patients to the basement of Memorial Hall in Joplin, Mo., certified nurses assistant Nancy Metzger, center, helped console Margaret Mosley, whose home was destroyed in the tornado Sunday evening in Joplin, Mo. Margaret's husband, William, at lower left, was treated with 17 stitches from the tornado. Memorial Hall was the site for triaging injuries from the tornado.
Joplin tornado, photo by David Eulitt / The Kansas City Star ©

During a severe weather alert which forced the medical volunteers and patients to the basement of Memorial Hall in Joplin, Mo., certified nurses assistant Nancy Metzger, center, helped console Margaret Mosley, whose home was destroyed in the tornado Sunday evening in Joplin, Mo. Margaret's husband, William, at lower left, was treated with 17 stitches from the tornado. Memorial Hall was the site for triaging injuries from the tornado.