Many people are remembering the one year anniversary of the tornadoes that swept through the Midwest last November 17th. Tazewell County and the City of Washington were among the hardest hit.
Public Television Station WTVP is offering a one-hour documentary for the anniversary.
Watch the preview: November 17th: Finding Strength After the Storm.
Washington Mayor Gary Manier was at the screening at Five Points Washington Sunday. He says the news media has done a lot to kept the story alive. "We were always one deviation away from losing all that attention. But I think by the stories that kept coming out the volunteers kept wanting to be here to help us and I can’t say enough for the media.”
The documentary airs at 9:00p.m. Monday on WTVP and WILL.
The City of Washington is also holding a gathering at Harry LaHood Park at 10:45a.m. Monday to have a collective moment of silence at the time the tornado hit.