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Posted on April 23, 2011 | tags

 
 

U.S.: St. Louis Lambert Airport aftermath: Wide damage, limited injuries

  • All the windows were busted. … The airport looks like a war zone. … Kids were crying. A woman had a busted nose. Everyone was too freaked out to talk.”
  • St. Louis Lambert Airport patron Elizabeth Rastberger • Describing the scene last night as an apparent tornado hit the airport. Rastberger was waiting for a friend when the airport was hit. While five were injured badly enough that they had to go to the hospital, everyone is accounted for and none of the injuries were life-threatening. Passengers had to be evacuated from at least one aircraft, which was officially the scariest place to be last night. The airport remains closed. source