Images: 25th anniversary of the Plainfield Tornado
August 28th, 2015, marks the 25th anniverasary of the EF-5 tornado that ripped through Plainfield and surrounding towns killing 29 people and injuring several hundred.
Plainfield residents carry their possessions after a tornado destroyed their home on August 28th, 1990.
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The August 28, 1990 tornado ripped through this Plainfield neighborhood.
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St. Mary's Catholic Church in Plainfield after the tornado destroyed it.
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Plainfield firefighters look for survivors after a tornado ripped through Plainfield on August 28, 1990.
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Plainfield homeowner Terry Sanford looks at what is left of his master bedroom after the tornado destroyed his home.
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Carol Russell displayed the American flag after bringing it up from her basement after the tornado destroyed her home.
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teve Lambert, a business teacher at Plainfield High School in 1990, sifts through the remains of his car in the school parking lot.
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The August 28, 1990 tornado ripped through this Plainfield neighborhood.
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Plainfield residents look over their destoryed homes following the August 28th, 1990 tornado.
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The August 28, 1990 tornado ripped through this Plainfield neighborhood.
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Jim Chaplin surveys his demolished home along 135th street. "Thank God nobody was home when this thing touched down" he said.
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A Plainfield resident looks over this car that ended up in what was left of his living room after the tornado ripped through Plainfield.
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Bernice Lea investigates her husbands car which was thrown 200 feet from their driveway.
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Dick Graham helped carry out school supplies from St. Mary's Catholic Church school after it was destroyed by the August 28th, 1990 tornado.
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A trash bin became a flying projectile and ended up in a tree after the tornado.
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Homeowners could do nothing but look a the remains of their home after a tornado destroyed their home and many others in their neighborhood.
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