Ten Years Later: After the Wind thumbnail montage showing the damaged home in 2016 beside Vicki and Glen Zell in their rebuilt home in 2026.
Ten years after a roadside interview near Cool, Texas, I returned to Glen and Vicki Zell’s rebuilt home to ask what happened after the tornado. After the Wind follows the recovery that continued long after the cameras left.
After an EF-3 tornado struck Mineral Wells, first responders, volunteers, and neighbors answered devastation with courage and a determination to rebuild together.

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