BOP 2007 > Still Photography Winners > Natural Disaster Single 2006
- 1st Place
Chris Longdon, 17, left, is hugged by his friend Katlyn Kendall while they search a field near Renick, Mo. after a tornado destroyed the trailer Longdon lived in with his girlfriend, Nickie Briscoe, and her parents Billy and Penny Briscoe. The parents were killed by the tornado that roared across mid-Missouri Sunday night and Nickie broke her back in two places. Longdon suffered a broken nose and various bruises and scratches. Pieces of the trailer and all their belongings were scattered over a corn field northeast of Renick. PHOTO BY J.B. FORBES
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