What’s the first thing you do after seeing your world turn upside down in 32 minutes? For Ed and Angela, survivors of the devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, it was to find their son, who had been working out in the gym two blocks away. Ed and Angela had been living on the first floor of a two-story apartment building. Like many others, they had ignored the tornado sirens until Angela saw the tornado coming toward them from out the kitchen window. They ran to the bathroom and lay on the floor, hugging each other, as the tornado ripped the apartment building from over their heads. They were saved by the bathroom door, which wedged itself between the wall and the vanity counter just above them. The roar of the tornado passed,
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