"I spent three Christmases at my sister's house in Moore, Oklahoma, and some of those helicopter views of the destruction, you could see her house a quarter of a mile away from there, " Shelton said.

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"My brother's house was in Moore, so it makes you take more immediate action, " Lillard said while her young nieces played on a blanket on the floor of the parking garage.

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"My brother's house was in Moore, so it makes you take more immediate action, " Ms. Lillard said while her young nieces played on a blanket on the floor of the parking garage.

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