One victim of tornado shaken but safe

A flag hangs on a torn tree
A flag hangs on a snapped tree stump on N. Ferrant Place in Minneapolis, Minn. Monday, May 23, 2011.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson

Sarah Heller, who lives in the Webber-Camden neighborhood in northwest Minneapolis, recounts the actual tornado and the wreckage it left in its wake — trees that disappeared, roofs that moved, and a neighbor's home that was looted.

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