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Tracy Shipley says she broke down when she found her father's bowling trophy in the wreckage of her family home which was destroyed by a tornado in the early morning hours on the day prior on Thursday, April 6 in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Tracy Shipley hugs one of her family members next to the site where their family's home was destroyed by a tornado the day prior on Thursday, April 6 in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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The Shipley family searches through the wreckage to find family belongings on Thursday, April 6 in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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A tornado demolished multiple mobile homes and trailers on Wednesday in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Tracy Shipley, surrounded by family members, mourns her 16-year-old granddaughter Destiny, who died in the tornado the day before, as she holds one of her "squishmellows" on Thursday, April 6 in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Holly Shipley hugs her family goodbye as they leave the site for the evening.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Tracy Shipley and her daughter Holly Shipley look at photographs they found in the wreckage on Thursday, April 6 in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Katie Summerfield and Tracy Shipley field a cross that previously survived a house fire.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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The Shipley family recovers artifacts and belongings from the wreckage.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Tracy Shipley recovers a photo of her and her husband from the wreckage left by a tornado that touched down on her family's home the day before on Thursday, April 6 in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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"They all loved SpongeBob," Tara Shipley said as she and many her family members gather important belongings and sentimental family artifacts from the wreckage.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Tracy Shipley finds a photo of her parents in the wreckage of her family's destroyed mobile home on Thursday, April 6 in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Tracy Shipley, Katie Summerfield and other family members look at photos and documents they found in the area where their family's home was destroyed by a tornado on Thursday, April 6 in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Tracy Shipley and Katie Summerfield look at photos and documents they found in the area where their family's home was destroyed by a tornado on Thursday, April 6 in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Katie Summerfield, Tracy Shipley and Jessica Pack look at photos and documents they found in the area where their family's home was destroyed by a tornado on Thursday, April 6 in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Katie Summerfield comforts Tracy Shipley as she breaks down crying after finding photographs and other family belongings in the wreckage.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Tim Hulvey hugs Holly Shipley as the family of the deceased gather at the tornado site, where their loved ones homes previously stood.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Smoke billows into the air as community members burn fires on Thursday, April 6 in Glen Allen.
(Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)