This is happening, of course, amid sadness. The Joplin Globe, too, is displaying remarkable resilience, and some might say the paper is stronger and better than ever. There will be a new high school and a new hospital. Construction is booming across the town of 50,000 people. He was killed while home on a vacation day.Īlmost a year later, Joplin is putting itself back together. Bruce Baillie, a 53 year-old Globe page designer with a daughter in college, lost his life. Others found their vehicles crushed or flipped. Many dug themselves out of shattered homes. But a third of the Globe’s approximately 100 employees felt the tornado’s power. The Globe’s building took only slight damage. The newspaper lost 1,500 subscriber homes in minutes, and at the same time, 100 advertisers. The EF5 tornado-the most powerful on the Fujita scale, with winds topping 200 mph-wiped out 25 to 30 percent of Joplin. At 5:41, according to most accounts, the twister touched down. The dial is stopped at 5:28 p.m., the moment that the winds grew strong enough to dislodge the battery. Its round dial sits above a square picture that reveals-when you get down on your knees for a good look-a faded image of a guardian angel. Kaminsky was able to salvage an old cabinet-style wall clock from what was left of his home, and he later put it in his office. He’s the circulation director of The Joplin Globe, and he and his wife survived the tornado that blew apart their city last May 22 by diving into their basement and listening to “everything fall apart.” When the noise subsided, they pushed opened the door at the top of the stairs and saw over their heads a blue sky. He is 63 years old, broad shouldered, with silver hair and a silver beard.
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