> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# News21 State Of Emergency Episode 2: The Silent Aftermath
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/news21-state-of-emergency-doc-the-silent-aftermath/
- Published: 2019-09-10T09:00:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:23:25.000Z
- Description: A tornado leaves a scar in communities, but also leaves in its victims. Episode 2 of the News21 documentary series starts in Platteville, Wisconsin.
- Author: McKenzie Pavacich, director/News21
- Tags: Documentaries, iowawatch, disaster recovery, FEMA, Hurricane Katrina, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cd/d3/cdd3c059-8898-40b1-bcf7-cb2d3aa89775/content/images/2026/09/News21_StateofEmergency_Logo.jpg)

*Episode 2: The Silent Aftermath*

A tornado doesn’t discriminate who ends up in its path. It leaves a scar in communities, but it also leaves a scar in its victims.

This is episode 2 of News21’s four-part documentary series “State of Emergency.”

*Directed by McKenzie Pavacich.*

[State of Emergency, Episode 2: The Silent Aftermath](https://vimeo.com/353433914?ref=investigatemidwest.org) from [News21](https://vimeo.com/news21?ref=investigatemidwest.org) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/?ref=investigatemidwest.org).

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cd/d3/cdd3c059-8898-40b1-bcf7-cb2d3aa89775/content/images/2026/09/NEWS21_ID_FNL-e1565727005506.png)

*About this project:* 
*This report is part of* [*State of Emergency, a project*](https://stateofemergency.news21.com/?ref=investigatemidwest.org) *produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, a national investigative reporting project by top college journalism students and recent graduates from across the country and headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.*