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    A person wearing black work gloves holds a damaged birth record document amid disaster debris. The document shows infant footprints, thumbprints, and family history information, and appears to have been recovered from rubble. The background shows extensive destruction consistent with a tornado or similar disaster event.

    MOORE, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES

    06.08.2013

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares 

    82nd Training Wing

    A birth certificate was uncovered in the debris left by an E F-5 (Enhanced Fujita scale rating) tornado tore through Moore, Okla., May 20. More than 70 airmen from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, spent June 8 helping clean up debris along the 17-mile path where the twister carved through Oklahoma. The twister spanned more than 1.25 miles in width at the greatest point. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares/Released)

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    Date Taken: 06.08.2013
    Date Posted: 06.10.2013 17:05
    Photo ID: 949772
    VIRIN: 130608-F-ZB240-370
    Resolution: 3893x2590
    Size: 5.73 MB
    Location: MOORE, OKLAHOMA, US
    Web Views: 50
    Downloads: 3

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