Young survivors of Joplin tornado face long journey
Sage Grigsby, 14, undergoes skull reconstruction after an EF-5 tornado struck Joplin on May 22. He carried two skull sections in his abdomen and a damaged brain around his injury, as doctors and his family describe a grueling recovery path shared by many injured children aided by local charities and hospital care.
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Laura Bauer McClatchy
Ansas City
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Sage Grigsby
Sage
Jessica Grigsby
Joplin
Lage
Mason Lillard
Home Depot
Mason
Rodney Lillard
Lillard
Rodney
Jessica
Sarah Lovejoy
Debris from Japan tsunami drifting toward U S shores
Debris from the March Japan earthquake and tsunami is drifting across the Pacific toward Midway, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, and eventually California Oregon and Washington by 2013 to 2014. NOAA and Coast Guard officials warn of unknown density and future beachings, with map efforts to document floating material.
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San Jose Mercury News
San Jose
Calif
Japan
United States
Pacific Ocean
Midway
Hawaiian Islands
California
Oregon
Washington
San Francisco
Curtis Ebbesmeyer
Seattle
Tokyo
NOAA
Kris McElwee
Pacific Islands
Honolulu
McElwee
Indian Ocean
Coast Guard
The
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. State Department
U.S. Navy
Pacific
North Pacific Ocean
University of Hawaii
North Pacific
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Whitters Construction
Tau Eee
Sue Byers
Skogman Realty