Memphis To Moore Presentation

MEMPHIS TO MOORE | Dream. Hope. Restore.

MOORE, OKLAHOMA

STRONG community. Small-town atmosphere.

Population: around 55,000 About 23,000 are students.

MEMPHIS TO MOORE | Dream. Hope. Restore.

Third largest school district in the State, despite being the seventh-largest city in the state.

Continuous growth…400-600 students added each year.

MEMPHIS TO MOORE | Dream. Hope. Restore.

Several former students of Moore Public Schools are now teachers and staff, honoring their commitment to give back to the community of Moore.

MEMPHIS TO MOORE | Dream. Hope. Restore.

On the afternoon of May 20, 2013,just as school was about to dismiss…

MEMPHIS TO MOORE | Dream. Hope. Restore.

…tragedy struck the city.

MEMPHIS TO MOORE | Dream. Hope. Restore.

“From nothing to what is believed to be an EF5 tornado in about an hour.”

THE WARNING.

A massive mile-wide EF-5 Tornado hit ground level at 200 mph.

THE STORM.

Plaza Towers Elementary School

THE AFTERMATH.

A fire burns in the Tower Plaza addition, following the tornado.

THE AFTERMATH.

A truck stands on the old slab where Briarwood Elementary once stood.

THE AFTERMATH.

These doors are the only part remaining of the gym at Highland East Junior High School.

THE AFTERMATH.

Cars tossed throughout neighborhoods.

THE AFTERMATH.

A tree completely uprooted in front of a demolished home.

THE AFTERMATH.

Precious memories scattered across an unrecognizable community.

THE AFTERMATH.

Parents and onlookers watch as children are being pulled from the rubble at Plaza Towers Elementary School.

THE WAIT.

Residents and rescuers wait to get into neighborhoods to search for survivors.

THE WAIT.

Heroic teachers and parents rush students out of mangled Briarwood Elementary.

THE RESCUE.

A child is carried through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary school.

THE RESCUE.

An injured child carried to the triage center near Plaza Towers Elementary.

THE RESCUE.

Rescuers pull children from the rubble at Plaza Towers Elementary school.

THE RESCUE.

PRAYERS and HELP pour in.

Of the 35 properties that the Moore Public School system owns, 20 were damaged.

Miles away from Moore…

Angela Copeland, The Westin Memphis Beale Street and RedRover Sales & Marketing teamed up to raise funds for the Moore Public Schools Tornado Relief Fund, to help with the rebuilding efforts of the schools damaged and destroyed.

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