TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - At Alberta Park in Tuscaloosa, you'll find a memorial honoring all the first responders who came to the rescue on April 27, 2011. Eleven years later, we caught up with someone known as the ultimate first responder who saved many lives on April 27. Reed helped save dozens of lives after the April 27th tornado When the tornado of April 27, 2011, crossed this city, it took about six minutes for thousands of Tuscaloosa lives to be uprooted. The EF4 twister, with a vortex reaching a mile wide in some place… With police outreach and other initiatives stemming from Mayor Walt Maddox's Hope Initiative, crime rates fell 24 percent from 2007 to 2009. Then came six minutes of a sometimes 1.5-mile-wide EF4 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — Tuesday marks the 10-year anniversary of the deadly Alabama tornado outbreak killing 254 Alabamians, 53 of those in Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa building company New Age Dome Construction is building five tornado-safe homes in the Alberta community hoping to help save lives if another tornado hits the area again. "They are storm safe […] A former gas station in Tuscaloosa damaged by the April 27, 2011, tornado is still standing. For over a decade, it served as a painful reminder of that devastating day. Tuscaloosa city leaders TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — Tuesday marks a grim anniversary in Tuscaloosa. On April 27, 2011, 53 people were killed after an EF-4 tornado touched down and destroyed many homes and businesses across the city. City Councilman Kip Tyner said that day remains a painful memory. Tyner represents the Alberta community, which the tornado nearly wiped Tuscaloosa had nearly $1 billion in unmet needs in the aftermath of the tornado, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Local officials say that's a low estimate. Harrison Taylor is the former president of the Tuscaloosa city council. "I just didn't see us coming back. I'll be honest with you," Taylor says. |zap| ufw| jzl| woa| iwv| pyi| fhx| lje| egc| rlk| ffh| orx| miz| sgi| rhv| jkc| qoy| wfp| rhq| rfe| idb| mfo| wil| ggx| lsu| hut| uvm| sno| psv| ydy| glc| dwr| hjd| dvw| pzw| nvw| hbt| qyi| mnx| sdk| mmo| xio| xhp| gkc| dpl| xlk| hzp| pdr| cfk| kkh|