Calm Before the Storm

ID: 3254 ~ Source: Sustaita, Manuel, interviewed by Sean Sutcliffe, February 23, 2018, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, Texas. Access full interview here.
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The Waco Tornado of May 11, 1953, devastated the city. Those who lived through it, such as Sustaita, remember the terrifying events of that day vividly.

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By Maria Petrolia
Manuel "Manny" Sustaita was a Vietnam veteran, civil activist, and the founder of Waco Citizens for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Though an insurance salesman by trade, he spent most of his life…