On April 3, 1974, a deadly tornado barreled through Xenia, Ohio
EDITOR'S NOTE — On April 3, 1974, a fierce tornado barreled through Xenia, Ohio, without warning, killing 32 people, injuring hundreds and leveling half the city of 25,000. Hundreds were left homeless. Nearby Wilberforce, home to Central State University, was also hit with deadly force. Afterward, President Richard Nixon made an unannounced visit to Xenia as the Watergate scandal unfolded in Washington.
John Gilligan sent more than 2,500 National Guard troops into devastated areas and asked the federal government to declare that part of southwestern Ohio a disaster area. At Xenia, a spokesman at Green Memorial Hospital said the injured were arriving “in anything and everything — cars, ambulances and trucks. They brought bodies in on table tops, doors and boards. The emergency room was packed.” A National Guard paramedic who flew over the devasted area, Spec.
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