Injured officer Buckman dies after tornado rescue attempt
Macksville police officer Robert Buckman 46 died after his squad car was hurled 300 yards by a Stafford County tornado while warning residents east of Macksville. Buckman’s death raises the toll to 12 from weekend storms. His son said Buckman died heroically at his bedside during a family wedding ceremony for his daughter Kylee Buckman. Army Pfc. Seth Cole, son-in-law, was granted emergency leave to attend the funeral before deployment to Iraq. Buckman had served since 2002 in Macksville, a town of about 514 people.
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Greensburg mayor envisions a brand-new town rising
Greensburg lingers amid downed poles and rubble after a massive tornado. Nine killed and over 90 percent of the town destroyed as residents gather debris and plan rebuilding. Mayor Lonnie McCollum imagines a suburblike town with basic services uncertain but hopes high for a farming community’s revival. Local grain elevator remaining but damaged. 14 employees kept on payroll. Banks set up tents to aid residents including Clarene Smith who fled tornado damage. Deaths linked to the same storm system include a Macksville officer and an unidentified Pratt County man.
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Tornado Victims Named From Greensburg and Surrounding Areas
A Greensburg tornado Friday left multiple residents dead including Claude Hopkins 79 Larry Hoskins 51 David Lyon 48 Colleen Panzer 77 B Ron Rediger 57 Evelyn Kelly 75 Sarah Thackett 71 Beverly Volz 52 and others. Funerals set for Sunday in Kinsley and two p.m. Thursday at Mullinville First United Methodist Church. также fatalities reported in Stafford Macksville Pratt Ottawa and Albuquerque regions from the same storm and separate incidents.
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