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In Joplin, a diner serves up shelter from the storm

Framed by a blood-red sky, the songbird sat on a broken tree, trilling at the dawn. It flapped its wings above a half-smashed car that seemed to float on a sea of rubble. The worst tornado in 60 years had punched through its home, shattering nearly everything for 13 miles, but the robin didn't seem to notice. It was looking up, not down.The day’s first sunbeams lit the car’s interior, casting
/ Source: NBC News