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<br />TIl')H:\TON (API -- Guv. Richard
<br />I...!:T;r:1 t0day Oew over the unroofed
<br />r.':'\Jsc~ ,\ild dd.:-ris-stL'ewIl streets of Thom-
<br />ton, \\ !~NC :'I v')werful tornado cut a mile-
<br />J:.;,,:; s;'.-:;tr. of destrcctilJll WedncsGay. and
<br />;;~.id t;'! was "awed by the cupriciousnf'ss"
<br />ofth...\wister.
<br />"Pcc'!".e on the f~rcul'd when it hit had a
<br />I.it of h\'lp from the Lord." he said while
<br />later tOt:. ing po, rt5 of this Denver suhUl b in
<br />a:, automot-i1e anJ on foot.
<br />The tornado was one of a dozen or more
<br />tnrnadcc~ dnd f\ln;l~! clouds spawned by a
<br />fas,-mov:r,g stann system Wl'tl.Ilcsday
<br />n.:tcr.lOO'l thatstn:ck al\mg ,a 31-mile :Ire in
<br />the Denver area. It injured 42 persons
<br />whc:1 it slashed through a commercial
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<br />NOrS d SC')! cs mo~c wen~ smashed into
<br />k~dlir.g by th," twb,tcr.
<br />1hc fvnfJ:ihlll that followed prornlJtcd
<br />l....'l!nm to J.S.<;U(l a "disaster ernrr;;:ency"
<br />prr;c!an:..1tion 3nQ scnd miEl<lry' polke
<br />frCT,l the l'J-Hh C'o!?radu Na~io:1al Gu,ml
<br />I'nit in Ot':l'Ier lo (j1,~ s..:cne. said Sue
<br />O'R!'l\'n, hie; prc.:;~ :;~;.::.-:::tlry,
<br />!lIar::: :>.kCarf:1Y. ?J, 0; Wb~TtO.1. N..!..
<br />..~.::s.kiliet! i::~r, beir,t: hit by lightning nc~.
<br />Bral!'!l)rd ksc ir) Bouh1er County and two
<br />(1th~r wo:nen with her were injured. of-
<br />fidalssaid
<br />A ~P(lkI'Swr.lrwn for V~ll('y Vic:w
<br />f:ospilal. Sonia WC'h,':, said Kim F'r3l;d-
<br />lil, of Thornton \Hl:; b critical c()J:ditio;~
<br />y.-ith mu~tirle fr<'ctmc$ from the torNlth
<br />Two cth!.'rs were repr)/'tcd in fair e,m~,km
<br />:::ld four more pE'ople were in goer.! conc:i.
<br />t:on.
<br />The hospttal treated 33 others for mifl('r
<br />injuries, Ms. Weiss said. Two people were
<br />lrcoted at St. Antheny Hospit<:l .-..d later
<br />released, a hospital spokcswoman. Betty
<br />B1ackman,said.
<br />Tom,;does are a r..rit;. in tt-,e f'lcnver
<br />;;rea, and iX...Uo:w; \'ie~tl:~:r Se:-;ice
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<br />district and residential area of Thorntl)n.
<br />Seven of the injured reJllained hospitaJi'led
<br />today. with one of them ~ an l&-year-old
<br />girl - listen in critic.-l1 condition with
<br />multiplefractul'cs.
<br />Only one storm-related dC'ath was
<br />reported - a \.oman struck by lightning at
<br />a mountain lak,~ west of Boulder, officials
<br />said.
<br />Scattered reports of looting following the
<br />storm prompted state officials to call out
<br />th~ Colorado National Guard to patrol the
<br />area and allow only residents into the
<br />more heavily damaged areas. Thornton
<br />police Capt. Jack Baldwin snid fOllr per-
<br />s:ms were-arrested dut in~ t:12 night when
<br />they were eaugi1t trying to steal tires from
<br />3 wrecked and abandoned 'Lome.
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<br />Parte, of Drn\'cr, LaI.ewol,d and Nnr-
<br />thgleim ~llso were dama~'d by the stonn.
<br />but Thornton bore ti'! t.l'lInt of the
<br />damagl?
<br />Lake\\-'1crl I)ffjdals '~stimate<i storm
<br />damage irl1.haf. city at <1bout $200.01."'(1, state
<br />officia],::!:;,id.
<br />But ~:l(ln:too official!, today estimatf~d
<br />that the st(lrm had cat:s1~d at least $<1,5
<br />million in damage to h,)mcs alone. A
<br />spokes]n::l11 'or the State Disaster
<br />Emergpr:cy $(rvices ag'~ney said 40 to 30
<br />homes were d<lmagcd 01 destroyed by the
<br />tornado in Thornton alon:!.
<br />AccQ::npanying Lamm on his helicopter
<br />visit to Lhe strieken city I;f lO,{)OO was Brlg.
<br />Gen, JOlli', France, CO.orado's adjutant
<br />genera~ ar.d the man responsible for sen-
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<br />ding the National Guard inlo tho: arca
<br />Sue O'Brien, ,'3 UJrmn spohswcman,'
<br />said that during Cl briefwg by city oHid,lls
<br />Lamm discussed the POl;"lbility of TI:orn-
<br />ton rt'('civing furUlcr outside fir~Lr:('i,~l
<br />assi;.tanC'c.
<br />"It is unlik<:ly that it {lhe (bm;lg'~ I ]s of
<br />"'the magnitude to quu:ify for prr:sid'~ntia:
<br />disaster designation," she said. ;)'-l:Jir:;~ I
<br />that the governor's offrce w..s e;;,r; inir,J
<br />other possible WJYS of aiJir.g re.~idr'I1!.;. '
<br />sud 3S making 1('w-i~Jtcrest IG;In~
<br />availahle.
<br />The! tOl"'1ado tmlchecl do;nl in SOL;thw('"t
<br />Denver and ThorntQtl before sl-:irpilli~ into
<br />nearby r;orthglenn and out 0[1l0 f.)rrl1"r.d
<br />northeast of th<! dty. Son:c I.O:.1$C!i we. e
<br />reduced to rubble in ThorI1':c.n, ?:1d ~hc
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<br />fOI"('('astcrs said tlley could no: leC:FJ\ CI
<br />slorm in Denv(:r's P<J!it t~;ll nlOl;ehcd he
<br />scries oftwistcrs and flll'OId dc,,,ds :,J1;;( hit
<br />the city Wednesday,
<br />The lwb;t!'rfjr~;t tOlldll'J dOW11 ~t <i !;~:~;v
<br />.southwest Dem'cr it,!Cl',"~ c:iC:1_ ~,.',]I.krl'ij~
<br />trees <lrlrl h(cl;cn glass and r(,G'l,:i:~g tile
<br />roof of an 8p:H"tment complex: 'l1l!r~~ I'.' a
<br />masso[twL~~.c(J llli'ta1-
<br />:\1iraeui0u;,ly. the '1l11y injudi':' J"';;I.'l~~d
<br />V'.ere s'~stained in CUt ;l('d(!(~I' ,.,. Lhl.:
<br />twister mo\'ed t!lroUl;b,
<br />The to;'n.1do Ih";l v.wish'et.: illlo tbe
<br />douds, boum:cll 0\';;1' r)(,wr.to-.\; ))L:-,',er
<br />and touched earlh a:~ain ,It tile D~,B Si"J~f
<br />ing ()'ntcr in TiWlTitCl. II 101'(' t: c 1"Jf. f 'iff
<br />~'l~ ~~ntt'r 2.1"1 :'_ :1<<11f>:, '11m\<, l,!.'v lh,!
<br />wi:1{:Dws ont of im ui-':utmcnt bui',(::;;~: ;;r,d
<br />t1wnhcr:dct!nortl:easl.
<br />"It st"r~('d W<1Y uJl in the <:lil an -1 tl)(~:l ',ll
<br />kinds ofrt<JlI'i.'; g:,thCi"','d i'nd ilc'IJIler;(j"'n
<br />f3$t." s;Jid Peter Bab:'r, I\'h{/W,:~.f::I.ldh;::
<br />in his ',c.rd \\I:t':ll tt,-~ tnri1arlo hi,. "\'I.:
<br />~oulLi s;c it mQ'.'i1g "trai~l:t at us ,lCr(>s;,
<br />the n~of;<, if the hO.l~C.~.
<br />";";:C:1 w-: ran i:ito the ~';igJ1bl][ .~; b)LS~
<br />c;nr. hUi;dkd in a C(J;'1I(r," B,~!,_:r :-;a!r.!.
<br />"W;len UK' t"l1'if :-!;I:'ti~1!~ o:om:i~l~ off. J
<br />, PEa~e>i t'.lGvd {Q!" my life."
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<br />r::Jhr's r.wn J,,::iJ~-e\;:i$'-d:T ,n (Wrl ~):' I h,,~
<br />t;~;<,tcr. r\(:ro,~., t,j\: sUcd. <l :'.\,-}-t<'
<br />l'amrPr \l'Ll3 Ihl"')'.\':l j(,f('ct b:<~!1l' \,,::~,! ,1.1d
<br />fli/pet! o;;toiL~r,)d. A l;~ht;j:u::::;":i_l h,,\
<br />Ii,~:\t to wllcre tl,l~ C,JJnp,:r ;,;((1 i,.-,cn p~.:'l; '.j
<br />w;.I,~ untc,:ci:ed.
<br />Thll lk:;tnlr;tion w.)s :-:prca-.i ,., .-
<br />p"kh\\"o;k-t;UlIt acro')s ](X) l,!cd.s t,) lh:
<br />norl!lec;s:.lhetl\"i.~tl'rtouchdllo,\;ll::'ii-f.
<br />l~'r.vrthf':1:;tcrth:city i)crr!l"l,:it rli',:-;il>:J:ed
<br />d1crafe::l'flll:Jl)mir,\lh;s,blltI'Ulx;e:'3r':"
<br />d21:'l;JI'e was r::.'kJrtcd.
<br />In Thc1'f;Vll:. :-lrcets UIJI n,.rn\:Jl1y :I,c
<br />t.eel:ne<i were Wt::reu with k;,I,'C'.'i t>:1d
<br />hrand',;~:, :,O::1\: if:;' thick as.'.l [;1<,;]''; t:;i:;i~
<br />Lar.lppast.:; were sr:<:f.'pd :n r<l!f, t~lei~
<br />plwer lilies tr.?oiling ncro~;s ba:kyarJs ..r,rI
<br />drnpcd over cars and fences.
<br />?il:ces of roof tiljng. wocd ar:d bricks
<br />covered t!1.e streel'). ea\'$ Ill) on tLeir r0 )fs
<br />or \l'Cff twi::td b'!}"Gnd rep;-:ir.
<br />And even'w~e:e t~<c luckier r{';;ir]C':ll_>
<br />pitched in to hdp o',jlers whc we're wor~c
<br />lIff.
<br />"It's. ni~e to buw hUes a:'C' ~till th"c
<br />wilen >"0;'. r.eea thc;n." sc;:id Dei Feens;,;,
<br />LIS two.do:wn fne:uis Red 1~'~\';;lbo..<; help,;t!
<br />ch,:ar his poss~:;:(ol\S from what was l('f, of
<br />hisrolll~.
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