Joplin tornado lures rescue help from Oklahoma

 
BY KEVIN CANFIELD - Tulsa World
Published: May 25, 2011

JOPLIN, Mo. — Day two of rescue and cleanup efforts here were aided by another large contingent of Oklahoma volunteers.

Firefighters Kyle Streets and James Beets have been digging bodies out of the rubble ever since they arrived Monday.

By early Tuesday, rescue crews Streets was a part of had uncovered six bodies.

For Beets, the figure was five times that.

“You put it away,” Streets, 24, of Barnsda...


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