Joplin remembers deadly tornado, 1 year later

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Second grader Logan Foglesong, age 7, turns dirt during a groundbreaking for the new Irving Elementary School near the ruins of St. John's Regional Medical Center Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in Joplin, Mo. The ceremony is the first of three groundbreakings for new schools to replace buildings destroyed by an EF-5 tornado that killed 161 people as it cut a wide swath through Joplin a year ago today. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)