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Belvidere High School students and parents leave the school after a tornado battered the school and town on April 21, 1967.
Belvidere High School students and parents leave the school after a tornado battered the school and town on April 21, 1967.
Siding from homes is piled like matches in an aerial photo taken April 22, 1967, a day after a tornado destroyed part of Belvidere, Ill., killing many people.
Siding from homes is piled like matches in an aerial photo taken April 22, 1967, a day after a tornado destroyed part of Belvidere, Ill., killing many people.
Parents grab and hug their children outside Belvidere High School after a tornado hit the town and the school April 21, 1967.
Parents grab and hug their children outside Belvidere High School after a tornado hit the town and the school April 21, 1967.
An overturned school bus sits in a field next to Belvidere High School after a tornado hit the school and town April 21, 1967.
An overturned school bus sits in a field next to Belvidere High School after a tornado hit the school and town April 21, 1967.
School buses, foreground, were hurled into a field next to Belvidere High School when a tornado struck April 21, 1967, just as students were boarding the buses after school. Photographed April 22, 1967.
School buses, foreground, were hurled into a field next to Belvidere High School when a tornado struck April 21, 1967, just as students were boarding the buses after school. Photographed April 22, 1967.
The body of a youth is carried from a school bus outside Belvidere High School after a tornado hit the town and the school April 21, 1967. School had just been dismissed when the tornado struck, sending school buses into a nearby field.
The body of a youth is carried from a school bus outside Belvidere High School after a tornado hit the town and the school April 21, 1967. School had just been dismissed when the tornado struck, sending school buses into a nearby field.
Belvidere High School students who survived the tornado are comforted by a rescuer in a parking lot after the tornado hit the school and town April 21, 1967. The tornado hit the school just as classes were being dismissed.
Belvidere High School students who survived the tornado are comforted by a rescuer in a parking lot after the tornado hit the school and town April 21, 1967. The tornado hit the school just as classes were being dismissed.
Belvidere, Ill., lies in ruins in the wake of the devastating tornado that hit the town and high school April 21, 1967. The school can be seen in the back, left, on April 22, 1967. Editors note: The field next to the high school is painted black on this historical print.
Belvidere, Ill., lies in ruins in the wake of the devastating tornado that hit the town and high school April 21, 1967. The school can be seen in the back, left, on April 22, 1967. Editors note: The field next to the high school is painted black on this historical print.
Destruction after a tornado hit the town of Belvidere, Ill., on April 21, 1967.
Destruction after a tornado hit the town of Belvidere, Ill., on April 21, 1967.
A body is taken from an ambulance into a funeral home in Belvidere, Ill., on April 21, 1967, after a tornado hit the town and many died.
A body is taken from an ambulance into a funeral home in Belvidere, Ill., on April 21, 1967, after a tornado hit the town and many died.
Schoolchildren rest at St. Joseph Hospital with nurse Mrs. Robert Malisch keeping watch April 21, 1967, after a tornado hit the school and the town of Belvidere, Ill.
Schoolchildren rest at St. Joseph Hospital with nurse Mrs. Robert Malisch keeping watch April 21, 1967, after a tornado hit the school and the town of Belvidere, Ill.
People search through the ruins of their homes in Belvidere, Ill., after a tornado hit the town April 21, 1967. Photographed on April 22, 1967.
People search through the ruins of their homes in Belvidere, Ill., after a tornado hit the town April 21, 1967. Photographed on April 22, 1967.
National Guardsmen check debris April 22, 1967, at Belvidere High School after a tornado hit the school the day beforein the town of Belvidere, Ill. The clock is stopped at 3:50 p.m., the time the tornado struck.
National Guardsmen check debris April 22, 1967, at Belvidere High School after a tornado hit the school the day beforein the town of Belvidere, Ill. The clock is stopped at 3:50 p.m., the time the tornado struck.
Leslie Knott, who was aboarda school bus outside Belvidere High School when the tornado hit, is helped by nurse Kathy Tuohey at St. Joseph Hospital on April 21, 1967.
Leslie Knott, who was aboarda school bus outside Belvidere High School when the tornado hit, is helped by nurse Kathy Tuohey at St. Joseph Hospital on April 21, 1967.
National Guardsmen and sailors search for victims April 22, 1967, in the ruins of homes in Belvidere, Ill., after a tornado hit the townthe day before.
National Guardsmen and sailors search for victims April 22, 1967, in the ruins of homes in Belvidere, Ill., after a tornado hit the townthe day before.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hart, whose garage, kitchen roof and walls were severely damaged, check in with volunteer Red Cross workers Betty and Norma Heckman, of Rockford, after a tornado hit the town of Belvidere, Ill., on April 21, 1967.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hart, whose garage, kitchen roof and walls were severely damaged, check in with volunteer Red Cross workers Betty and Norma Heckman, of Rockford, after a tornado hit the town of Belvidere, Ill., on April 21, 1967.
Red Cross workers Jody Tucker, left, of Oak Park, and Mrs. Arthur Jones, right, of Rockford, aid Mr. and Mrs. Roger Schultz, center, as they select food April 24, 1967, from groceries donated by the public for the disaster victims of Belvidere, Ill. The Schultz's home was among those destroyed in the April 21, 1967, tornado.
Red Cross workers Jody Tucker, left, of Oak Park, and Mrs. Arthur Jones, right, of Rockford, aid Mr. and Mrs. Roger Schultz, center, as they select food April 24, 1967, from groceries donated by the public for the disaster victims of Belvidere, Ill. The Schultz’s home was among those destroyed in the April 21, 1967, tornado.
A bulldozer pushes the remains of some 100 homes into a giant bonfire in a gravel pit near Belvidere, Ill., on April 24, 1967. The houses were flattened when a tornado struck the southwest side of Belvidere on April 21.
A bulldozer pushes the remains of some 100 homes into a giant bonfire in a gravel pit near Belvidere, Ill., on April 24, 1967. The houses were flattened when a tornado struck the southwest side of Belvidere on April 21.