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Little remains of the Greensburg, Kansas High School other than the front entrance following the 2007 night-time tornado that devastated the town.

Vietnam War veteran Amos Cortez reacts to finding the name of one of five high school friends who were killed in the war on a traveling version of the Vietnam Memorial in Branson, MO.

Pilot Steve Fossett leaves the cockpit after successfully completing the first solo, non-stop round the world flight in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.

Commander Jeff Schoep, the leader of the National Socialists Movement spews his rhetoric during a neo-Nazi rally as a follower scans the crowd of counter-protesters at the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri.

Volunteers wash petrochemicals from a cat July 3, 2007 after it was rescued from oily flood water following a flood and oil refinery spill in Coffeyville, KS.

Jarrett and Jessica Hunter watch the overflowing Missouri River as it floods Corning, MO.

A rescue worker checks her camera after taking photos of the devastation in Greensburg, Kansas following a night-time tornado in 2007 that destroyed the town.

Stalled vehicles litter I-635 in Kansas City, Kansas during a blizzard that swept the Midwest with governors of both Kansas and Missouri declaring a state of emergency on February 21, 2013.

The remains of an Atchinson, Kansas grain elevator smolders following a grain dust explosion that killed six.

Kansas City minister Octavia Southall caresses a small statue that marks the spot where "Precious Doe's" body was found in Kansas City, Missouri May 5, 2005. The 3-year-old girl, recently identified as Erica Micheele Maria Green, was murdered by her step-father sometime in late April, 2001, decapitated with hedge clippers and left in the woods. On October 8, 2008, Harrell Johnson was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. On October 22, 2008, Michelle Johnson was sentenced to 25 years in prison, in exchange for her 2007 guilty plea to second-degree murder and testimony against her husband.

An Alzheimer's patient gleams as she notices a bassinet filled with baby dolls. Her mind would wonder away only for her to be happily surprised when glimpses the dolls again.

Diana Cantrell points in the direction where a F2 tornado came that destroyed her home in Harveyville, Kansas, February 28, 2012.

Jamie Bolin holds her five-year old son, Bryce, who had open heart surgery as a newborn baby at Children's Mercy Hospital. She said that he is very proud of his "battle scars" from the multiple surgeries.

Anton Krutz with K.C. Strings Violin shop plays one of his creations in his Merriam showroom stocked with his wares.

A May 5, 2003 tornado demolished a Kansas City, KS and one man in while the same storm system may have killed more than 26 people in the midwest.

Kansas City Chiefs fans relay the news of the day during the Chiefs' game against the Detroit Lions December 14, 2003 at Arrowhead Stadium.

With one of the B2 Stealth bombers that bombed Afghanistan as a backdrop, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld makes a point during an October 19, 2001 visit to Whiteman Air Force Base.

Kansas City Missouri Police Officers arrest an anarchist after he and others marched down the middle of a street in the Country Club Plaza in an act of civil disobedience against the start of the Iraq War.

LPN students Haley Sellers (left) and Amanda Lowe listen as Ginny Radom, R.N., offers instructions on caring for a patient mannequin in the recently-opened Olathe Health Education Center's simulation lab.

Truman Medical Centers emergency department physician Beau Watts, M.D., talks on the phone while Heather Isom, M.D., deals with the ever present paperwork.

Ricci Wells, RN, looks over one of the four cardiac operating rooms following a $330 million expansion of St. Luke's Hospital.