<p>The sun sets behind the gutted remains of the old St. John's Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in Joplin, Mo. The hospital was destroyed a year ago by a deadly tornado that killed 161 people as it cut through Joplin. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)</p>
May 23, 2012
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May 23, 2012 9:15 p.m.
Town remembers deadly tornado, one year later
Storm took the lives of 161 people, injured hundreds of others
JOPLIN, Mo. - Carrying small American flags and wearing T-shirts bearing the names of friends and loved ones who died when a massive tornado tore through Joplin one year ago, thousands of people made a somber march Tuesday through some of the town's hardest-hit neighborhoods.