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cynthia bowers reports. >> how are you?here were plenty of hugs, a few tears, and a lot of new outfits. the first day of school is a rite of passage but here in joplin it's the biggest benchmark so far in the long road to recovery. seamstress susan stewart lives 25 miles away in pitsburg, kansas. >> i don't have a chainsaw, i don't know how to drive a bulldozer, can't put a roof on. two days later it struck me i always had a new dress for the first day of school so i asked ladies to make garments. it was just the right thing to do. >> reporter: she reached out online to the sewing community and in less than three months she got more than 1,400 hand sewn dresses from all around the country, including this one from cindy smith in san jose, california. >> once you've seen that kind of devastation, you go, oh my god, that's just awful. how could somebody go through with that, it's devastating for a child to lose everything, this is something i can do to give back and gave me a chance to sew for little girls. >> reporter: last n

but as cynthia bowers shows us, a ke >>> >>> a touch of normalcy in tornado raged joplin, missouri. today kids returned to class. >> as cynthia bauer shows us a bay area woman made sure she got them covered. >> reporter: plenty of hugs, a few tears and a lot of new outfits. the first day of school is a right of passage but here in joplin, it is the biggest benchmark so far in the long road to recovery. >> the first time that we drove through there it just suction all the air out of you. it is just so unbelievably devastating and terrible. >> and you wanted to help? >> i did, sure. everybody wanted to help. >> reporter: susan stewart lives 25 miles away this pittsburgh, kansas. >> i don't have a chain saw and i don't know how to drive a bulldozer and i can't put a new roof on. two days after the tornado it just struck me that i always had a new dress for the first day of school. and so i asked ladies to make garments. it is just the right thing to do. >> reporter: she reached out online to the sewing community and she got handsewn addresses including this one from san jose, california

cynthia bowers was at the fairgrounds today, and spoke with families and friends who are dealing withragedy. >> ♪ there is nothing about you... ♪ >> reporter: hundreds of people gathered this morning at the indiana fairgrounds to remember the five who died in saturday's stage collapse. >> it's a day where we're saddened by the loss and injury of loved ones. >> reporter: 14-year-old natalie byrd's dad was high above the stage waiting to operate a spotlight when the powerful winds raked the fair. >> he always tells the story about how he always got to climb in the air and do other things that could be dangerous, but we never imagined this would happen. >> reporter: in his last moments you can see nathan byrd climbing the rigging to his position. just minutes before the show was set to start, the crowd of 12,000 was warned bad weather was on the way and were told where to seek shelter if they wanted. organizers were reportedly discussing whether to cancel the show when a 60- to 70-mile-per- hour wind gust sent the steel girders-- and nathan byrd-- tumbling into the crowd. >> they told us