SSgt. Chris Tortoris holds daughter, Alyssa Tortoris at the Chattanooga Airport after returning from Afghanistan with the 241st Engineering Installation Squadron of the Tennessee Air National Guard.

Chattanooga Fire Department recruits Michael Battle, David Bishop and Carlus Hammonds, from left, watch a house burn after spending the week training in the Cromwell Road structure.

Ruthie Church cheers as Barack Obama is declared winner of the 2008 presidential election at the Chattanooga Choo Choo.

Andy Page holds a pet carrier with his cat, Ellie, inside after locating her in what used to be his Village Green apartment in Trenton, Ga. Page managed to get some of his cats out, but could not find Ellie after his apartment was destroyed by a tornado.

President Barack Obama hugs Amazon employee Lydia Flanders after she introduced him before his speech at Amazon.

Therapists Liron Silbert, right, laughs as Sgt. Joey Jones jokes around as she and Stephanie McCorvey, left, work with him at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

Dawn Shea makes phone calls after her car stalled in water under the Veterans Bridge. Shea says she watched a bicycle in front of her cross the water, so she thought she could make it through the flash flooded area.

Kenneth Sutterfield and Jena Alexander console each other behind the charred remains of an Evensville home in Rhea County. Nine of their family members were killed in the fire that began Saturday morning.

Mary Cody stands on the sidewalk near the Pickle Barrel before going in to eat with Nancy Rus. Cody had been living on the streets for at least a year.

Nikki Smith, left, and Keshuanda Smith are consoled with a hug at the Cromwell Hills Apartments after learning that the body of their brother, Kentory Ray, was found. Ray and another boy had been missing since Sunday when they were last seen in the South Chickamauga Creek.

Two women arrive at the scene of a shooting on Carr Street, where 16-year-old Lamunta Williams was shot and killed in an abandoned house. Courtney Birt has been arrested for the shooting death. Several friends and relatives of the victim came to the crime scene after hearing the news.

Veterinarian Angelika Lingl snuggles Golden at his owner's campsite in Brainerd.