Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

In Joplin, Looking For A Boy

Frankel: JOPLIN, MO. — They had to find Skyular. They wanted the baby boy home.

The 16-month-old disappeared from his mother's arms and into the massive tornado that two days earlier had destroyed so much of this city. His mother and father had been taken to a hospital, severely injured. Skyular, a small boy with light brown hair and big brown eyes, was gone.

His relatives were going to try to find him.

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