Stephen McCullough and his partner lost just about everything in their Joplin apartment . `` I thought we were going to collapse and end up on the first floor , '' McCullough said , recounting the few minutes the two of them spent huddled in the corner of their bathroom . `` I still think I 'm a little in shock . I 've had some tearful times , '' he said . But he returned to work the day after the city 's devastating tornado . He was able to get back on track with his job as an insurance agent for the National Flood Insurance Program.
Stephen McCullough and his partner lost just about everything in their Joplin apartment . `` I still think I 'm a little in shock . I 've had some tearful times , '' he said . But he returned to work the day after the city 's devastating tornado . He was able to get back on track with his job as an insurance agent for the National Flood Insurance Program.