1. Bertha Berry McCall-Husband killed in family owned store
2. Leon Amis - Pool hall survivor
3. Kay Lambert
4. Floyd & Barbara Miller
5. Mary Lopez
6. Ed Moore - worked at Baylor Medical Clinic
7. Jeanette Findley
8. Dr. Walter King - Physician at Hillcrest
9. Bill & Joy Cagle
10. Charles Dayton
11. Dan Dayton
12. Jack Jeffrey - Waco City Manager
13. Goodson McKee - Radio Announcer for W-A-C-O
14. Mary Halve Chapman - Father survived collapse of Dennis Bldg
15. Dorothy Prebosnyak
16. Jan Redding -
17. Sam Harelik - owner of men's clothing store
18. Margaret Harelik - wife of Sam & co-owner of clothing store
19. Bob Walker - Radio Station announcer/salesman for K-W-T-X
20. Cicero Martin - Barber in East Waco
21. Ed Berry - Father and Grandfather killed in family owned R.T.Dennis Furniture Co Bldg

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1. Wilton Lanning - In downtown area during tornado
2. D.R. Dietrich - Tornado Photographer
3. Allen Daniel - Waco Fireman
4. Richard Walker - Trapped in car during tornado
5. Jesse Serrano - Roosevelt Hotel busboy
6. Letter from Sammie Loy Darden-Baylor Law student
7. Unknown Injured Survivor - Interviewed 5/12/53 at Providence Hospital
8. Bobby McClure - Nurse at Providence
9. Samuel E. Bessire, Jr. - Rescue worker
10. Leslie England Scheffer - Husband was rescue worker with A-1 Ambulance
11. Jerrye Medearis - Aunt of Don Hansard shown trapped under rubble
12. Charles Medearis - Uncle of Don Hansard
13. Voice of Don Hansard - shown trapped under rubble in 1953 film
14. John R. Rauch - Waco Assistant Fire Marshall
15. Voice of Lillie Matkin - switchboard operator rescued from rubble of R.T. Dennis Bldg

1. J.D. Hudson-Community Bank
2. Charles Cole-Connally Funeral Home employee
3. Ted Lucenay-Buried with Gussie Mayfield, who died
4. Tom Oliver-Dad was doctor / helped at Providence
5. Peggy McGregor - Husband killed in tornado
6. Joanne King (Comer)
7. Lorraine Kluge - In church on 8th St., husband helped
8. James Dobias - 11 years old
9. Mary (Hardin) Keitt - Sister was killed
10. Marlene (Ginsburg) Fischer - Father was killed
11. Wetona Mayfield - Nursing Supervisor at Hillcrest
12. Alta Powers - 7th Grader
13. Charles Beaty - Jr. High student, in tornado
14. Gloria Burch - Dad & friends killed at Texas Seed
15. Herb Dieterich - lady saved at Hicks Rubber Co.
16. Norman Gordan - In beer hall during tornado
17. George Nance - Postman in downtown
18. Joe Phipps - Built Tornado Monument
19. Tommy Tooker - Sun Pool Life Guard