Photo archive for May 9, 2007
Survivors and volunteers wait at a shelter in Haviland, Kan., Sunday, May 6, 2007. The Haviland High School gym is housing Greensburg residents displaced by Friday's tornado. View photo
Dennis McKinney, Kansas House Minority Leader, of Greensburg, Kan., left, is comforted by Rep. Jerry Moran, top, and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius Sunday May 6, 2007, as he breaks down in tears after the governor talked to a room full of his neighbors and friends in the Haviland High School gym. Sebelius took a tour of the emergency shelter in the school and downtown Greensburg Sunday. View photo
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius talks to storm survivors at a shelter in the high school gym in Haviland, Kan., Sunday, May 6, 2007. View photo
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, left, talks to Jason West, while West holds his 2-year-old son, Bo, Sunday, May 6, 2007, as they discuss when residents would be allowed back in to see their homes in Greensburg. View photo
Eleven-year-old Tyler McIntosh found a new friend while collecting things in his home, in Greensburg, Kan., Sunday, May 6, 2007. View photo
Command Sgt. Major Steve Rodina of the Kansas National Guard returns a loose goat in Greensburg, Kan., Sunday, May 6, 2007. View photo
Moundridge firefighter Chris Jarvis sets up an American flag Sunday, May 6, 2007, among the rubble of destroyed homes in Greensburg. View photo
Judy McIntosh, right, stands next to her husband, the Rev. Gene McIntosh, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, in Greensburg, Kan., as he reacts Sunday, May 6, 2007, to seeing the damage done by Friday's tornado. The church was destroyed. View photo
Firefighters and search and rescue personnel look for survivors on Sunday May 6, 2007. View photo
Dillons workers enter their tornado damaged store Sunday, May 6, 2007, in Greensburg, Kan. View photo
City administrator Steve Hewitt stands in the ruins of Greensburg, Kan., Sunday, May 6, 2007. View photo
Inspectors check out the roof of a building in Greensburg, Kan., Sunday, May 6, 2007. View photo
Members of the media hold a news conference in Greensburg, Kan., Sunday, May 6, 2007. View photo
A goat wanders during a news conference in Greensburg, Kan., Sunday, May 6, 2007. View photo
Dick Hainje, FEMA regional administrator, talks with members of the media in Greensburg, Kan., Sunday, May 6, 2007. View photo
A filling station stands in ruins. View photo
A sign in Pratt on Sunday, May 6, 2007, advertises tourist attractions and businesses that have now been destroyed in Greensburg. View photo
From left, Air National Guard Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting speaks to members of the media Sunday May 6, 2007, as FEMA regional administrator Dick Hainje, Kansas State Trooper Ronald Knoefel and Greensburg school superintendent Darin Headrick look on in. View photo
The Rev. Gene McIntosh touches the a cross Sunday, May 6, 2007, that once stood at the First United Methodist Church in Greensburg. View photo
Ken Willard stands in a room of the First United Methodist Church where a picture of Jesus is the only thing left on the wall on Sunday, May 6, 2007. Willard and Pastor Gene McIntosh were assessing the damage . View photo
Judy McIntosh looks for the rest of her jewelry Sunday, May 6, 2007. View photo
Inspectors walk through tornado damage in Greensburg on Sunday, May 6, 2007. View photo
Tornado survivors Michael Perry, 51, of Greensburg, left, and Terry Gaul, 56, of Sedgwick are shown at a makeshift shelter at Barclay College in Haviland on Saturday, May 5, 2007. View photo
Tornado survivor Frank Gallant, 47, is shown with his miniature pinscher at a makeshift shelter at Barclay College in Haviland on Saturday, May 5, 2007. View photo
People gather Saturday, May 5, 2007, at a Red Cross makeshift shelter at Barclay College in Haviland View photo
Red Cross workers establish a makeshift shelter Saturday, May 5, 2007, at Barclay College in Haviland for residents of Greensburg who lost their homes in a tornado that damaged about 95 percent of their town on Friday, May 4, 2007. View photo
Debris is strewn in Greensburg on Saturday, May 5, 2007. View photo
Bernice Rider talks about the detail that is in some of the aprons she has in her collection. View photo
Bernice Rider holds one of the many aprons she has collected over the years. Rider has a total of about 150 aprons in her home. View photo
Alan Keck, right, shakes hands with Michelle Hopkins-Molinaro after being announced as the first place $5,000 Star Performer for the high school. View photo
A flask tank from Sauder's turns north onto Commercial Street from 6th Avenue on its way to El Dorado to be delivered to a customer. View photo
Emporia High’s Jessica Decker, right, tries to get past Blue Valley’s Rachel Burton (5) during Tuesday night’s game at TRYSA. Decker had an assist and scored on a penalty kick to help the Lady Spartans defeat Blue Valley, 2-0. View photo
Emporia High’s Jordan Sosa (8) fights for the ball with Blue Valley’s Elizabeth Baldwin during Tuesday night’s game at TRYSA. Sosa scored a goal on a header off a corner kick to help EHS pick up the 2-0 victory. View photo
Americus City Council Member Dave Huddlestun talks with a resident about the cost of natural gas while council member Joe Zumbrum, left, looks on. The council is considering complaints from the public and the need for the gas company to make improvements on a deteriorating system. View photo
Melinda Lewis, director of policy advocacy and research for El Centro, an organization based in Kansas City, Kan., spoke Tuesday evening in Emporia at a forum on immigration reform. View photo
Dru Kellerby, of the Sedgwick Counlty Fire Department, emerges from a crawl space at a home in Greensburg, Kan., Tuesday, May 8, 2007, as rescue crews continue to sweep the area looking for survivors or victims of Friday's tornado. With nine people dead and more than 90 percent of this south-central Kansas community destroyed, residents picked through pile after pile of debris Tuesday and talked about rebuilding.(AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle,Travis Heying) ** NO MAGS, NO SALES MANDATORY CREDIT WITCHITA EAGLE/KANSAS.COM ** View photo
Judy Smith hugs her cat Pawsh after finding her under her destroyed home in Greensburg, Kan. Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Smith's home was destroyed along with most of the rest of the community of 1,400 after an F-5 tornado passed through the town last Friday. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) View photo
An unidentified man hooks a fish in a flooded field near the Lyon-Chase county line in this photo submitted by Thomas Felts. View photo
