In Joplin, a tornado took ‘things you remember.’ But the city’s civic bonds endure.
The first time Joplin called out to Charles Timothy Peay, it called from the ruins. He, like so many Americans, saw the reports of the mile-wide tornado that tore through this southwest Missouri city on Sunday, May 22, 2011. It was one of the most devastating tornadoes in American history, killing 161 people and leaving … Read more