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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts) Mon May 20, 2013, 07:33 PM May 2013

5

KFOR reporter says that no one is left alive in Plaza Twr Elem School

God damn.

It's now a recovery mission.

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KFOR reporter says that no one is left alive in Plaza Twr Elem School (Original Post) Cooley Hurd May 2013 OP

help me get a sense of this...I read that kids had been pulled out alive. DisgustipatedinCA May 2013 #1

About 2 dozen. They are trying to alsame May 2013 #2

Awful news, but thank you for letting me know. n/t DisgustipatedinCA May 2013 #14

24... Cooley Hurd May 2013 #4

There is more than one school Horse with no Name May 2013 #11

Briarwood school are all accounted for riverwalker May 2013 #17

I'm watching CNN and since they're still searching, I find this impossible to believe. cherokeeprogressive May 2013 #3

This came from a reporter on the ground... Cooley Hurd May 2013 #5

And he said his source was extremely reliable. nt City Lights May 2013 #8

So sad, but it was what the local reporter was told. maddezmom May 2013 #7

Heartbreaking Cal Carpenter May 2013 #6

There are very few events that make me gasp in disbelief... PennsylvaniaMatt May 2013 #9

when i was in elementary in Illinois MFM008 May 2013 #10

this is a tragedy quinnox May 2013 #12

There's a press conference at 730 pm CST. KatyaR May 2013 #13

Good suggestion but it sounds as though at least some children have died. That's sad already riderinthestorm May 2013 #18

So incredibly awful. nt sufrommich May 2013 #15

I have no words...only tears sunwyn May 2013 #16

Are they presuming everyone else is below the flooded area? Lone_Star_Dem May 2013 #19

boy rescued earlier riverwalker May 2013 #20

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)

1. help me get a sense of this...I read that kids had been pulled out alive.

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:34 PM

May 2013

How many do they think/estimate are still inside?

alsame

(7,784 posts)

2. About 2 dozen. They are trying to

Reply to DisgustipatedinCA (Reply #1)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:35 PM

May 2013

recover the bodies before dark

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)

14. Awful news, but thank you for letting me know. n/t

Reply to alsame (Reply #2)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:46 PM

May 2013

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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

4. 24...

Reply to DisgustipatedinCA (Reply #1)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:35 PM

May 2013

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)

11. There is more than one school

Reply to DisgustipatedinCA (Reply #1)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:40 PM

May 2013

riverwalker

(8,694 posts)

17. Briarwood school are all accounted for

Reply to Horse with no Name (Reply #11)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:59 PM

May 2013

just Plaze Towers now

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)

3. I'm watching CNN and since they're still searching, I find this impossible to believe.

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:35 PM

May 2013

Who could know until the search is over?

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

5. This came from a reporter on the ground...

Reply to cherokeeprogressive (Reply #3)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:36 PM

May 2013

...right at the school.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)

8. And he said his source was extremely reliable. nt

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #5)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:37 PM

May 2013

maddezmom

(135,060 posts)

7. So sad, but it was what the local reporter was told.

Reply to cherokeeprogressive (Reply #3)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:37 PM

May 2013

Just reported it on MSNBC.

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)

6. Heartbreaking

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:37 PM

May 2013

Oh god.

PennsylvaniaMatt

(966 posts)

9. There are very few events that make me gasp in disbelief...

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:38 PM

May 2013

This was one of them....

Prayers to all those affected. This is a time that we are not Democrats or Republicans, but Americans

MFM008

(19,805 posts)

10. when i was in elementary in Illinois

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:39 PM

May 2013

We had tornado drills in the hallway of the school all the time.
I hope they are wrong and someone survived.
The animals and chidren always seem to suffer the worst.

quinnox

(20,600 posts)

12. this is a tragedy

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:40 PM

May 2013

My sympathies to those affected.

KatyaR

(3,445 posts)

13. There's a press conference at 730 pm CST.

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:42 PM

May 2013

Please, let's wait for official word.

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)

18. Good suggestion but it sounds as though at least some children have died. That's sad already

Reply to KatyaR (Reply #13)

Mon May 20, 2013, 08:00 PM

May 2013

so I presume DUers are bracing for the bad news...

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)

15. So incredibly awful. nt

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:50 PM

May 2013

sunwyn

(494 posts)

16. I have no words...only tears

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:55 PM

May 2013

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)

19. Are they presuming everyone else is below the flooded area?

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 08:04 PM

May 2013

I don't want to think of that many children dying that way. 7 is 7 too many.

What a horrible, horrible tragedy.

riverwalker

(8,694 posts)

20. boy rescued earlier

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 08:07 PM

May 2013

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