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the aftermath. Outside walls to KFYO’s radio broadcast of the worked long grueling hours as an
still standing were pocked and unbelievable tornado event. We electrician to help rebuild our city.
covered with debris. The other felt so thankful to have survived. We tell them the restoration stories
two-thirds of our second story of The George Mahon Library,
apartment complex were gone … When we share our memories a Memorial Civic Center and a
smashed by the force of a powerful of May 11th with our children beautiful Canyon Lakes area built
tornado “hammer.” A collapsed and grandchildren, we remind upon mountains of tornado debris.
roof and splintered boards were them of our survival … of the And we remind them of how
everywhere. As we made our “Volkswagen” a/c unit that did precious life is, especially in the
way carefully down the damaged not crush our apartment … of midst of the storms. Remembering
stairs, through storm debris, to our the tall, strong church building how GOD turned destruction into
apartment manager’s apartment, that provided protection for our beauty still encourages us and
we heard other survivors. We vulnerable upstairs apartment. others. It is good to remember.
crowded together inside Mrs. We tell about the unforgettable
Salisbury’s apartment and listened sights we saw and how Grampa
CONTRIBUTION

J. Weston Marshall, Archival Associate, Southwest Collection, Texas Tech; “The Lubbock Tornado”, James
H. Granberry, Mayor, October 14, 1970; Dave Knapp, “The Lubbock Tornado”; Downtown Lubbock,
“Lubbock Tornado Memorial”; Dan Williams, Project Chair for Tornado Memorial Gateway Project

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