“We had been in Arkansas training our cadaver dogs” (Fletcher), she had stated. Soon later, Fletcher and her friend got the call that would change her life indefinitely. Joplin, Missouri was being struck by a massive tornado. “A guy riding with me was on the phone with his girlfriend as the tornado was hitting her house” (Fletcher). Umpteen thoughts were running through her mind as she raced home, “[I was] worried about where I needed to go first, and as a paramedic, who did I help first” (Fletcher). Little did she know how serious the tornado actually was. “The tornado was rated an EF-5 on the Enhanced-Fujita Scale (the maximum rating) with wind speeds over 200 miles per hour, and resulted in a damage path that was 22.1 miles long and up to 1 mile wide” (2011 Tornado Information). Fletcher stated how the weather there was always lousy, she even noted how a tornado would touch down every year. “I was surprised that it did so much damage, that shocked me” (Fletcher). Not only was damage done to the homes of those in Joplin, but to their lives as
“We had been in Arkansas training our cadaver dogs” (Fletcher), she had stated. Soon later, Fletcher and her friend got the call that would change her life indefinitely. Joplin, Missouri was being struck by a massive tornado. “A guy riding with me was on the phone with his girlfriend as the tornado was hitting her house” (Fletcher). Umpteen thoughts were running through her mind as she raced home, “[I was] worried about where I needed to go first, and as a paramedic, who did I help first” (Fletcher). Little did she know how serious the tornado actually was. “The tornado was rated an EF-5 on the Enhanced-Fujita Scale (the maximum rating) with wind speeds over 200 miles per hour, and resulted in a damage path that was 22.1 miles long and up to 1 mile wide” (2011 Tornado Information). Fletcher stated how the weather there was always lousy, she even noted how a tornado would touch down every year. “I was surprised that it did so much damage, that shocked me” (Fletcher). Not only was damage done to the homes of those in Joplin, but to their lives as