Ron McDonald, quality assurance supervisor, Joplin

Ron McDonald, quality assurance supervisor, Joplin Recovery Field Office, and Karen Durham-Aguilera, director, Contingency Operations and Office of Homeland Security, both of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, discuss the debris removal mission the Corps was tasked with by FEMA after the May 22 tornado tore through Joplin, Mo. To date, the Corps has removed more than 1.2 million cubic yards of debris from public and residential right of ways, as well as properties where property owners had granted a right of entry.