phillips graduated from ardmore high school in 2006. at ardmore high, specialist phillips ac selled in both academics and athletics, playing football, track and cross country. he loved history as well as drawing and was so talented he was offered admission to the san francisco art institute. instead, however, specialist phillips felt the calling to serve his country. he said he wanted to join the army, they got in the car and went down to the recruiting institution. specialist phillips enlisted in the army in 2006 and was assigned to the arm yeas first battalion, 502nd infantry rentalmen, 101 air division based in fort campbell, kentucky. tragically on february 24, 2008, specialist phillips was killed when the vehicle he was riding in was hit by an improvised explosive device in baghdad. he was 19 years old. he left behind his parents, angela and steve, as well as two younger brothers and a younger sister. as a representative from oklahoma, it is an honor to stand before this body and pay tribute to a fellow oklahoman who made the ultim

this picture of a brother and sister from phil campbell, alabama was found 100 miles away in ardmore, tennessee. this portrait of their cousin from the same town was found 150 miles away in manchester, tennessee. this picture of nick and stacey was found 267 miles away in chattanooga, tennessee. once these photos would have been lost forever, but in the age of facebook, they are finding their way back home. >> i actually got on facebook right after the storms went through and a friend of mine posted it was raining pictures in her yard. >> so patty got the idea to create an online lost and found. so far she's posted dozens of images. >> a lot of the pictures that are put on there are baby pictures, pictures from birthdays. personal memories. they can't replace those. the only way they can get those back if someone finds them and returns them to them. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news, tuscaloosa, alabama. >> one woman's work. we thank dan. he'll be back on "gma" in the region in the morning. >>> we turn to washington. members of congress who during a visit home were bombarded with cons

it basically goes almost from the texas border clear up into the kansas area, but down around the ardmore area, they're showing possible circulation around there, up around perry, bartlesville, there's still pretty heavy storm activity and possible threat of tornadoes. it's sort of a moment-by-moment situation right now, but we're still not out of the woods with this very strong, heavy line of storms as you come through oklahoma today. >> all right. well, governor, obviously you're busy with all these tragedies and this hard weather passing through your state, so thanks for taking the time to talk to us and let's hope for the best in terms of no more loss of life and minimal damage to your economy and the property the there in the state. >> why, thank you, eliot. we appreciate you helping us get the word out. >> we'll do what we can. thank you, governor. >>> we turn back to joplin, missouri, to dr. jim ariesco. he was an emergency physician at st. john's, the hospital that no longer exists. it was decimated by the tornado. he's now the site commander at the triage center in joplin. he's b