St. Louis tornado hits airport

On April 22, 2011, an EF4 tornado with winds over 165 mph struck St. Louis Lambert International Airport, closing it for nearly 24 hours. The following footage was captured by security cameras throughout the airport and have been finely tuned so that each camera is synchronized according to the time the footage was taken. Footage provided by Lambert International Airport. No one in the video suffered life threatening injuries. In the aftermath of this tornado there were 0 fatalities and 5 injuries.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_St...

Пікірлер: 24

  • @meganarpasi
    @meganarpasi2 жыл бұрын

    Those 3 TSA people just barely made it in!

  • @shadetreader

    @shadetreader

    Жыл бұрын

    Too bad they made it...

  • @33Donner77
    @33Donner772 жыл бұрын

    The windows, including the large front arched windows, were boarded up for about a year. It looked like a St. Louis foreclosed property from the expressway.

  • @alicetheneko7529
    @alicetheneko75292 жыл бұрын

    The guy on the phone be like “Hey there’s stuff blowing around me.” *casually takes cover*

  • @Cutter-jx3xj
    @Cutter-jx3xj2 жыл бұрын

    I have been a meat cutter for over 26 years and I have had to take customers in the meat coolers during tornadoes. The people that amazing me are the one who run to the front of the building where all the plate glass is to look outside when you are yelling at them to get away from it. Darwin in action

  • @kevinfreeman3098

    @kevinfreeman3098

    2 жыл бұрын

    Someone who actually makes sense and takes responsibility and action, although I wouldn't be in the cooler, probably wouldn't have even been in the store as I chase tornadoes. Last one I chased with fatalities was the one they showed on the History Channel that rolled through Utica Illinois and killed 12 people, got pulled over and harassed by a state trooper while i was on the phone with the NWS reporting and having them activate the warning sirens... He stopped me 18 miles from town, can't help but think that delayed the warning, they were tracking it on radar as well, but those take time to scan and refresh, like about eight minutes, could uave taken the warning time from about 5-8 minutes to fifteen minutes, sure hope the ticket i beat was worth it, also hope that cop sees this and feels like a piece of shit. When I got to Utica it had hit downtown and I stopped chasing and aided in rescue/recovery with triage, when some of us take an oath we mean it and it doesn't come with an expiration date.

  • @Cutter-jx3xj

    @Cutter-jx3xj

    2 жыл бұрын

    I chased 20 years. The meat cooler is like a bank vault

  • @shadetreader

    @shadetreader

    Жыл бұрын

    @Kevin Freeman Indeed, kkkops are, at best, useless.

  • @diontaedaughtry974
    @diontaedaughtry974Ай бұрын

    Great video

  • @cherryhansen234
    @cherryhansen2342 жыл бұрын

    There was also one that hit St. Louis Airport in 2011 l remember is this different one now sure looks like it is wow!

  • @themrproamateur

    @themrproamateur

    2 жыл бұрын

    Check the description fam

  • @Frightshaker89FLclassicfan
    @Frightshaker89FLclassicfan Жыл бұрын

    My dad was in this tornado on the highway but kept going

  • @josha254
    @josha2542 жыл бұрын

    F for those cams

  • @robertkaiser1168
    @robertkaiser11682 жыл бұрын

    Run Forest Run!

  • @thewatchmen4920
    @thewatchmen4920 Жыл бұрын

    Sometimes humans think that they are Bada$$ and have all the power. But to god we're nothing but a grain of sand at the beach. Destroying what you build in seconds. Past time to appreciate what you have because it all will be gone in SECONDS

  • @elmalesly
    @elmalesly Жыл бұрын

    Me just looking at the cameras going black one by one

  • @winterdesert1
    @winterdesert12 жыл бұрын

    Man at 1:42 had to use the restroom FAST after that.

  • @kevinfreeman3098
    @kevinfreeman30982 жыл бұрын

    All those worthless employees not even checking on folks or administering first aid...

  • @Its_Asteria

    @Its_Asteria

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can't help people if it's already on top of you and you get swept away yourself Like You can't save people if you're dead. Tornados are also fast moving so even after warning everyone, there wasn't much reaction time to actually do anything except take cover

  • @kevinfreeman3098

    @kevinfreeman3098

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Its_Asteria you must sure like to feel important... I've been chasing this type of shit for better than twenty years. Secondly they chose the type of job they are in, security says you put yourself in danger for the well-being of others, third, if you're too stupid to figure out they wouldn't exactly need help til it passed, well ain't nothing gonna help you. Kick rocks.

  • @welcometoreality437

    @welcometoreality437

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kevinfreeman3098 lmao, you sure like to feel smart. Security Jobs require to place yourself before others lol, you're not a sacrifice for the people. If you're out then everyone else is done for too, like throwing your weapon/first aid kit to carry an injured man. Hey, you may/may not save him, but you doomed yourself and everyone who depends on you, congrats.

  • @xenaioaks5363

    @xenaioaks5363

    2 жыл бұрын

    First thing you learn in First Aid class. 1. CHECK YOURSELF BEFORE CHECKING OTHERS. Second thing you learn. 2. Make sure it's safe for YOU to processed before helping anyone. If you can't do either, you're going to make the situation worse and add to casualties

  • @kevinfreeman3098

    @kevinfreeman3098

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@xenaioaks5363 you'd make a shit worthless medic, you stick with what YOU know, which I'm going with ain't much... Meanwhile, the folks I know will roll asshole deep into a firefight to save folks, talk your weak shit elsewhere. Scout's Out!