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Briarwood Teacher Who Threw Herself On To Students Recalls Story
News 9 walked several miles to meet up with Stacey Montgomery, a pre-k teacher who risked her life to save her students. It was worth that trek. When we got there, we witnessed a very emotional ...
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Oklahoma mom thanks heroic daycare workers
Shielding the children with their own bodies, the daycare workers in Moore, Okla., managed to save all of the children they were looking after. NBC's Ann Curry ...
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Oklahoma Officer Follows Storm to Rescue Survivors
MOORE, Okla. -- Phillip Wise on Monday chased one of the most ferocious tornadoes to touch down in Oklahoma in years. Through his windshield from a half-mile out, the Category 5 twister was not so much a funnel but a shapeless, swirling wall of mud, pieces of homes, and airborne cars and ...
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911 Calls From Moore Tornado Released
Taken near Tecumseh rd on the east side of I-35 The City of Moore released four 911 calls from during the tornado on Monday, May 20th. Call from a ...
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As nation’s hot spot for disasters Oklahoma knows how to pull in federal aid
The state is No. 1 in tornado disasters and No. 3 for flooding, according to a database of presidential disaster declarations handled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. And those figures don't include drought, which is handled by a different ...
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The Ringer
It sounds like the worst bad-joke movie ever -- a guy pretends to be mentally challenged in order to fix the Special Olympics -- but The Ringer is actually a surprisingly sweet comedy that draws its laughs not from its characters handicaps, but from a consistent upending of stereotypes ... ...
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Principal recounts storm hitting Oklahoma school where 7 kids died told students Its here
Maintenance workers from the Moore Public Schools erect crosses at the Plaza Towers elementary school that they built in memory of the seven children who died during the Moore tornado, Friday, May 24, 2013 in Moore, Okla. One large cross and seven smaller crosses with the names of the victims are in memory of the seven students who died in the Moore tornado.(AP Photo/Sue ...
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Oklahoma tornado Insurance bill could top $2bn
UNITED STATES: The damage from the Oklahoma tornado could reach $2bn (1.3bn), the Oklahoma Insurance Department warns, although many renters may have no insurance ...
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Tulsa Police Need Help To ID Dollar General Robber
the Dollar General near 41st Street and Garnett Road on Tuesday. The surveillance video shows the man waiting in line and the clerk ringing up his items. The man handed the clerk money, but when she opened the register, he put a gun in her face and demanded all the cash. If you recognize the man in the photos or video ...
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Cochlear Device Survives Tornado Allows Girl To Hear
NORMAN, Oklahoma - Security cameras inside the Moore Medical Center captured the moment Monday's tornado that made a direct hit on the hospital. In a matter of minutes, the tornado had busted out windows and caused massive damage to the building. But on Tuesday, staff members at the now destroyed Moore Medical Center found a hearing device buried in the rubble after the devastating EF5 ...
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KOCO 5 Hearst Television stations join in tornado relief efforts
Hearst Television stations across the nation have joined Oklahoma City's KOCO 5 in fund-raising and relief efforts for the victims of the devastating tornadoes of May 19th and 20th. Since the tornado disasters, nearly $1 million has been raised across multiple Hearst Television markets, with efforts ...
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