In the space of just two minutes on the night of April 22, 2011, Lambert-St Louis International Airport's Terminal 1 was transformed from a buzzing passenger thoroughfare, to a scene of utter devastation after a powerful tornado slammed into it. A sudden change in the twister's course put it on a direct path with the airport, giving staff little time to respond, but a swift evacuation of the building helped to prevent any deaths or serious injuries and garnered the airport plenty of praise, including the TSA's 'Airport of the Year' security award, with a special mention going out to airport director, Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, for her handling of the crisis.
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