Oklahoma Tornado Rubbles Reveal No More Dead Bodies, Officials Said
Like a sun after the storm, officials announced that there were no more dead bodies found amidst Oklahoma tornado rubbles.
Oklahoma tornado victims may still be in the process of grieving and the world was still at awe with heartbreaking stories left by the tornado, but the officials were prompt to offer the silver lining.
Fire Chief for Moore, Gary Bird, announce on Tuesday that he was "98 per cent sure" there were no more dead bodies left not recovered amidst the tornado wreckage, Fox News reported.
Mr. Bird made his announcement after a daylong of scouring Moore's most devastated area together with other emergency volunteers. He said that more than anything else, their primary goal is to left no stones unturned among the residential neighborhood and the two elementary schools gravely beaten by the tornado.
Mr. Bird emphatically assured public that there were no additional survivors or dead bodies found after Monday evening when over 200 emergency volunteers worked over night till dawn. Still, new batches of rescue teams were tasked to do shifting in searching amidst the debris. There was also a helicopter tasked to help in the rescue through shining a spotlight over the area being searched.
Mr. Bird said that the new batches of rescuers will scour the whole community for at least two more times so that they can be 100 per cent assurance that no survivors or dead bodies will be left.
Rescuers were instructed to continue searching at Plaza Towers Elementary school. What was left of the school were ripped off roof, shattered walls and a playground with deformed plastic and metal materials.
It is to be recalled that previous reports said that there were 51 fatalities but Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's office made an erratum that there were only 24 bodies and that they might have counted other bodies twice.
According to an email sent by Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's office to Fox News, "To date, 24 deceased victims of the tornado have been transported to our Oklahoma City office, and positive identifications have been made in the vast majority of those, and these are ready for return to their loved ones."
Out of the 24 bodies, there were 9 children and hospital officials said that they have given proper medical attention to approximately more than 200 patients.
President Barack Obama expresses his sympathy to the victims of the Oklahoma tragedy. He thanked all the people who promptly responded to the incident, all the rescuers who were tirelessly searching from night till dawn and he acknowledged all teachers who selflessly protected their students.
Through a press conference, Mr. Obama reached out to those who were affected by the tornado, "Our prayers are with the people of Oklahoma today. The people of Moore should know that their country will remain on the ground there for them, and be beside them as long as it takes. Oklahoma needs to get everything that it needs right away.
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin announced that the White House approved the government's request for disaster assistance for the five counties namely, Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma and Pottawatomie.