[Daryn Kagan, Cnn Anchor:] Two people are dead and two others are missing and presumed dead from tornadoes that slammed into Fort Worth, Texas. This morning, authorities have closed off the downtown business district in Fort Worth, which took a direct hit from one of two twisters. The tornadoes struck yesterday just after the evening rush hour. John Pronk, a helicopter pilot for our affiliate WFAA, surveys some of the damage.
[John Pronk, Wfaa Helicopter Pilot:] We're on the west side of downtown. We're hovering over the Montgomery Ward store. It's also a major distribution center for Montgomery Ward. This is really where the westernmost devastation of this tornado began yesterday evening. It's just unbelievable looking down at these large 18-wheeler trailers that they look like toys, thrown every which way. The large warehouse, you can see, is heavily damaged, as the tornado moved eastbound, next hitting a large warehouse, where we understand is where one fatality did occur. As the tornado continued on towards the Trinity River, it struck the Cash America building and a large church right next to it with a large amount of damage occurred. As the tornado's path continued on eastbound into the downtown area, it struck several of the large office billings, taking out 70, 80 percent of the Glass panels in the large office buildings.
[Kagan:] And that report from the sky came from our affiliate WFAA, Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web