Union College students help pick up the pieces after tornado tears through Arkansas [Video]

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – When tornado winds tear a swath of wreckage through an area, many start asking questions of how and why.

“A lot of them have been like, ‘I can’t believe this happen,’” Kayleigh Hilyard, a Union College student, said. “Or they’re just shocked in tears.”

And while Union College’s International Rescue and Relief team can’t provide the answers, they can lend their hands and heads to help.

“They’re able to put into practice the skills that they’ve been learning through the program,” Andrew Saunders, who leads the program, said. “And the more responses that they go on, the more responsibility they get.”

Saunders said, in this line of work, people need to be ready and willing to go whenever the call for help comes in. So as soon as students flocked back to Union College’s Campus from spring break, they loaded up their trucks with everything they …