By Izzy Post and Amanda Callahan on June 1, 2021

 

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — On this 10 year anniversary of the Springfield tornado, first responders reflect on what it was like when they were called into action that day.Two local officials take you back to what it was like responding to a disaster in their hometown and how they have adapted their response plans moving forward.

“I looked back at the cloud bank up here, and it actually had a delta shape,” Suriano said.

Shortly after, the alert came through a funnel cloud had touched down in east Forest Park. We asked them what was it like when they arrived at the path of destruction

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