TORONTO – A Facebook group aimed at collecting photographs and documents lost in the deadly Oklahoma tornado has garnered thousands of posts and members since its creation.
The group, called “May 19th 2013 OK Tornado Doc & Picture Recovery,” has over 9,800 members since its creation on Sunday.
The group was originally created after a tornado touched down in central Oklahoma late Sunday afternoon and was later changed to address the deadly tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma.
The storm left scores of blocks barren and dark in Moore, a community of 41,000 people 16 kilometres south of Oklahoma City.
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The group asks for people to post pictures of any documents or photographs that they come across in their area in hopes to find the original owner.
“When you get up tomorrow take a look around and see if you find documents or pictures in your yard. The debris has traveled a very long distance,” reads a post by the groups’ administrator.
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Nearly 24 hours after the deadly tornado touched down in the Oklahoma City suburb, the group has been inundated with photographs of torn-up family photos that made it through the storm.
Facebook users from as far away as Tulsa, Oklahoma – over 125 miles away from the zone affected by the tornado – posted pictures of family photos, wedding images, even children’s artwork they had found scattered in their area.
The users post the location the photo was found, as well as any information that might be printed on the back of the photo in order to help locate its owner.
Already the group has created success stories.
“This picture was found in a yard in Skiatook. We called the online photo printing company that said it belongs to someone in Shawnee, but she couldn’t give us the owner’s name. Would love to see this beautiful picture reunited with its owner,” read one post on the group’s page, showing an image of a young girl in a white dress.
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Later, in the comments under the photograph another user writes, “Oh!! That’s my little girl. I took this picture of her wearing my wedding dress!! Thank you so much!!!”
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Scattered throughout the group are posts of animals both found and missing, along with multiple posts offering prayers and donations to the victims.
Many have taken to Facebook to offer their own homes to those displaced by the storm.
Global News has contacted the administrator of the Facebook page in order to get more information about the group. We will update this story with more information when it becomes available.
Emergency crews continue to search the remnants of the suburb for survivors. Authorities lowered the death toll to 24, down from the original estimate of 51, but warned those numbers were expected to climb back up.
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