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Plaza Towers is located in southwest Moore within a neighborhood of the same name. [2] The school's mascot is the panther, named "Paws". [3] The school's current building opened in 2014 after the previous facility was destroyed by the 2013 Moore tornado; seven students at the school died as a result of the tornado's impact.
A damaged sign lies outside the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven children were killed when a tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma, in May 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) A decade ago ...
On May 6, 2018, nearly five years after the tornado, a 14-year-old survivor who suffered posttraumatic stress disorder after losing seven of his friends at Plaza Towers Elementary School committed suicide. [2] The 2013 Moore tornado was the deadliest tornado recorded in the U.S. since the Joplin, Missouri tornado that killed 158 people in May 2011.
The most devastating event of the day occurred when a violent EF5 tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, damaging or destroying more than 13,000 homes and killing 25 people including seven children who died while taking shelter inside Plaza Towers Elementary School, [51] which was flattened by the tornado. [52] [53]
During the 10 minutes or so it was in Moore, it destroyed nearly 700 homes, 200 apartment units, 25 businesses and destroyed Kelley Elementary School, part of Moore Public Schools, leaving behind ...
Marco Denis, owner of Plaza Towers on Sunshine Street, was charged with three counts of domestic assault and one of kidnapping. He pleaded not guilty. Plaza Towers owner arrested after incident ...
The tornado struck Briarwood Elementary School (South Oklahoma City), Plaza Towers Elementary School (Moore), and Highland East Junior High School. Briarwood and Plaza Towers sustained enough damage to be considered a total loss. Highland East's gym was for the most part destroyed. All out buildings were destroyed completely.
After being arrested on kidnapping, domestic assault charges, the Plaza Tower owner now faces federal gun charge.