WASHINGTON (AFP) – In a digital era update to the lost and found booth, a Facebook page started by an Alabama woman is reuniting victims of the killer US tornadoes with their precious family photos and documents.
As of Friday afternoon, the page featured more than 600 pictures and documents, many just scraps after the powerful winds picked them up and deposited them in streets and yards up to 200 miles (320 kilometers) away.
“This is a photo of a baby girl sitting with Santa Claus in 1957,” says one entry accompanying a faded color picture which has “Baby ‘Sandra’” written on the back. “Picture found in backyard in Duck Springs, AL.”
Facebook user Nicole Hagood posted a picture of a Christmas gathering with the comment: “This photo was found hanging from a gutter in Muscle Shoals. If you recognize this family, please let me know.”
Among the torn and rain-spattered documents posted on
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