Magazine names Joplin superintendent 'hero'
Joplin Tornado
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Senior Holly O'Dell carries donated school supplies to a classroom on the first day of school at a temporary high school in a converted big-box store in Joplin, Mo. School started on time in the district nearly three months after an EF-5 tornado destroyed six schools and damaged four others along with killing 160 people and devastating a third of the city. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)