Survivors of 1999 Oklahoma tornado return help to victims in Newalla

Victims of the May 3, 1999 tornado in Moore are returning the Oklahoma kindness they experienced by helping out those in Newalla who lost their homes.

BY MEGAN ROLLAND | Modified: May 13, 2010 at 9:46 am | Published: May 13, 2010

NEWALLA — Denise Halpin learned about the power of volunteers when people helped her after a tornado demolished her home in Moore on May 3, 1999.

photo - Little Axe students Miguel Varnell, left, and Ben Dodson help clean up tornado debris Wednesday. Varnell and Dodson and their friend, Cody Brown, whose school was destroyed by a twister, volunteered their time to help in a neighborhood near SE 59 and Peebly Road. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman

Little Axe students Miguel Varnell, left, and Ben Dodson help clean up tornado debris Wednesday. Varnell and Dodson and their friend, Cody Brown, whose school was destroyed by a twister, volunteered their time to help in a neighborhood near SE 59 and Peebly Road. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman

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So on Wednesday, she was helping Ted Hensley two days after a tornado blew the roof off his home near in Newalla. Halpin’s teenage son, Cody Brown, and two of his friends were picking...
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