. >> reporter: his uncle, frank reynolds, says 16 month old skyular logsdon was a preemie, small for his age, a good boy who held a special spot in his family's heart. are you confident he might still be alive? >> i'm praying he's alive everyday. >> reporter: his mom, dad, and grandma were hanging on the skyular and each other in the hall of the house that used to stand here. after the tornado struck, rescuers were able to locate everyone and get them to hospitals-- everyone except the little boy. >> he was our angel. he had such a sweet smile. >> reporter: his great grandma watches this morning's search unsure of what to wish for. >> i'm hoping they'll find him. but then i hope they don't because it's just not bearable, you know? but we need closure. we need some kind of closure. >> reporter: there are families like this one all over town, still searching for loved ones. >> joining us in studio now... >> reporter: ashlie romine took her search for her best friend to the airwaves today, carrying flyers to the local radio station kzrg, hoping and praying someone listening has seen you

did you see frank reynolds as a racist? >> guest: oh, i knew frank very well, and, you know, and the--this was a trio of broadcasters: frank and me and max. i was in london; frank, here; max, in chicago. i think max was wrong, but i think max was a--troubled deeply by the challenges of being black and being the first serious black anchorman in the country. it was a burden that--that people enhanced by asking him to be more sometimes than he was; died young, a troubled man in many ways. but i think he was wrong when he thought of frank as a racist. c-span: here's a photo of a man in wisconsin, president for 1,000 days. >> guest: yes. and--and so--somebody once said to us, when they first looked at this picture, 'you don't have to look at it from the front to recognize who it was.' c-span: his impact, in your opinion? >> guest: well, he's my first--he's my first president--person. we concentrate on five presidents in--in the book, he being one. i was in dallas shortly after he was assassinated. he--i--he--he was a great hero,

frank, reynolds. >> thank you very much. >> so sad. >>> joplin can find a modern lesson in rebuildingears ago this month, the town of greensburg, kansas, was virtually wiped out. >> it was a 1.7 mile wide tornado. the tornado is 1.5 miles wide. so there was just very little on the peripheries that survived. >> but thanks to green technology, greensburg has come back. major john dixon joins us via skype to tell us how. good morning. >> good morning. >> mayor, your city is thriving after so much tragedy. what would you say to the people of joplin? >> first of all, our hearts and our prayers and our thoughts just go out to joplin and all the area down there. it is just it is just devastating to see those pictures and remember what we went through four years ago. so just know that it is about faith, family and friends, rely on each other and the volunteers that are going to come and help. wrap your arms around each other and be there for each other. >> an e-5, ef-5 tornado wiped out your town. the days after that disaster struck, the town had very little hope to hang on to. how did you de