Bill Kurtis’ plans to join a Wichita, Kansas, law firm after law school were swept away when a highly destructive tornado swept through Topeka, Kansas, while he was at his part-time job at a TV station in Topeka. Producer: Julianne Hill Camera/video editor: Bill Ward Photos: Associated Press, Getty Images, ABA Journal Stock footage: Pond5 Additional photos and videos courtesy of Bill Kurtis Music: PremiumBeat | ABA Journal

Recently Julianne Hill and Bill Ward interviewed me for the ABA Journal. We spoke about the Topeka Tornado, the event that changed my life and jumpstarted my 60 year career in journalism. You can read about this and much more in my new memoir "Whirlwind," available from The University Press of Kansas, wherever books are sold. --------------------------------- Read the ABA story here: https://ow.ly/5EI750X5BVC Producer: Julianne Hill Camera/video editor: Bill Ward Photos: Associated Press, Getty