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News21 State Of Emergency Episode 2: The Silent Aftermath

A tornado leaves a scar in communities, but also leaves in its victims. Episode 2 of the News21 documentary series starts in Platteville, Wisconsin.

By McKenzie Pavacich, director/News21
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News21 State Of Emergency Episode 2: The Silent Aftermath
Carrie Gates of Platteville, Wisconsin, got a tattoo of a woman facing a tornado after a twister sucked her from her second-story apartment in 2014. The experience has altered her physically and mentally. “Half my spine is titanium. I have arthritis in my neck now ... so I can tell when the weather's changing,” Gates said. “I can feel it in my body now.”
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Episode 2: The Silent Aftermath

A tornado doesn’t discriminate who ends up in its path. It leaves a scar in communities, but it also leaves a scar in its victims.

This is episode 2 of News21’s four-part documentary series “State of Emergency.”

Directed by McKenzie Pavacich.

State of Emergency, Episode 2: The Silent Aftermath from News21 on Vimeo.

About this project:
This report is part of State of Emergency, a project produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, a national investigative reporting project by top college journalism students and recent graduates from across the country and headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

McKenzie Pavacich, director/News21

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