Texas-based Airman's family takes steps to help tornado victims

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  • By Airman 1st Class John D. Partlow
  • 47th Flying Training Wing
LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) --  Efforts to help people who were injured or lost their homes began almost immediately after a deadly tornado struck Moore, Okla., May 20.

One of those willing to help was Tech. Sgt. Shane Buss, the 47th Flying Training Wing's equal opportunity NCO-in-charge, along with his wife and four children.

"I was stationed in Oklahoma when an EF4 tornado hit in 1999, so I've seen the kind of destruction these things can have," Buss said. "We consider some old friends up there to be like family, and that region feels like home to us."

The Buss family plans to drop off much-needed supplies such as snacks, water, towels and soap.

"Apart from food and water, the supplies needed most are construction equipment like wheelbarrows and gloves for clean-up efforts," said Tech. Sgt. Chris Robertson, a 72nd Security Forces Squadron patrolman assigned to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The tornado destroyed his home and crushed his family's two vehicles.

"It's wonderful to see people helping who are so far away," he said.

For more information on disaster relief efforts visit Tinker AFB public website at www.tinker.af.mil.