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Joplin The Recovery
Twelve days after a devastating tornado 
destroyed approximately 30% of the city
a 'community of helpers' comes together
to start the process of rebuilding.

Ken Curtin Volunteer Agency Liaison, FEMA:

Today Missouri State University's
Taylor Performance space was 
absolutely filled with people
who came from the Joplin community
that were affected by the tornado
to hear the governor and FEMA and
the Red Cross and several state
government departments and other
helping agencies explain their
programs and also to come and 
see those agencies to begin the
process of getting assistance in
their recovery. 
This particular room is shared by 
FEMA

FEMA CR specialist:
There's a few other steps that
you need to follow afterwards it 
will tell you how many days to 
the second phone call. 

Curtin: 
The Department of Motor Vehicles
is here to help people replace their
identifications and driver's licenses
The Department of Labor is here to
help people apply for disaster 
unemployment.  

Missouri DOL Specialist:

The first extension is
approximately 20 weeks the first 
part of it and then the second part
is approximately 14 weeks...

Libby Turner, Federal Coordinating Officer, DR-1980-MO:
It is obvious there is a lot of need
here and people are interested in
finding out how they can gain
assistance through various venues.
It is also obvious that people are 
here to help each other and we have

seen a real outpouring of that in this
event.

David Fish, Volunteer, Joplin:
Pretty impressive to see all of the 
different organizations that are coming
out to provide services and services
that are needed and so I am just 
glad to be able to be here and to help
somebody.


Shirley Senkrighi: Red Cross Mental Health Team:

The Red Cross is here today to try and 
help the people of Joplin connect with
resources at the Red Cross can provide
them. Specifically I am involved with
the mental health team and we are trying
to provide emotional support to these
people who have been through such a 
struggle our mental health teams have
been meeting with people who are 
involved with the guard and a wide
variety of other emergency personnel
to provide them the emotional support
they might need as they deal with the
stress that they have in helping others.

Chris Koster, Missouri Attorney General:

I am very proud of the work that both
the federal state and local authorities 
have put into this it feels very 
coordinated right now i think we 
have all learned a lot about responding
to disasters over the last decade.
I know that Joplin is going to get 
through this and the state of Missouri
is going to be here helping them every
step of the way. 


Bill Rainey, pork producer, Nevada, Iowa:

Now we served a thousand pork burgers
today to the folks here in Joplin.
We are just out to do do what we can
do to help the people down here that
need it.

Governor Jay Nixon, MO:

Once again how proud I am of the people
of Joplin and the way that you have stood
resolutely strong under the most pressing
and damaging of circumstances that any of
us have ever seen.

Christine Bryant, Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce:

I couldn’t help but when I sat here and
listened to…to feel so…so proud that
so many people are here and one message
that I kept hearing was we are here until
it is done. Nobody's gonna come in here 
while all this attention is paid our
concern is where we in 30 days, 60 days
and even 90 days and what we keep hearing
is we'll hold accountable  We will be here
until it is done so we are a tough group
here.  We are strong people but we have got
a long way to go.


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