JOPLIN, Mo. (February 13, 2012)—The tornado that blasted Joplin, Mo., also smashed the carefully crafted career plans of some young professionals in the community.
With much of their community in ruins, they abandoned secure corporate jobs to devote themselves to the town's long recovery.
Zach Tusinger had recently finished law school and started his legal career when the tornado struck on May 22.
His home wasn’t damaged, but his aunt and uncle were among the dead.
After the tornado, Tusinger said, he "needed to be doing something more fulfilling" so he quit his job practicing insurance law at a private firm and now helps low-income tornado survivors as a Legal Aid attorney.
The twister killed 161 people and left a trail of damage that virtually split the city of 50,000 in half.
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