[RVRC] WJ0G killed chasing Ok. tornado

[Marvin Bronstein]

WJ0G Killed by Oklahoma Tornado 
  3 veteran storm chasers killed by Oklahoma tornado
  KELLY P. KISSEL and THOMAS PEIPERT
  Associated Press 


  Three veteran storm chasers were among the 10 people killed when a violent tornado barreled into the Oklahoma City metro area. 

  Jim Samaras told The Associated Press on Sunday that his brother Tim Samaras, WJ0G, of Bennett, Colo., was killed Friday. 
  Tim Samaras' son, 24-year-old Paul Samaras, also of Bennett; and another chaser, Carl Young, also died. 

  The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said it believed the deaths were the first time scientific researchers were killed while chasing tornadoes. The Samaras' and Young were pursuing an EF3 tornado as it bore down on a metropolitan area of more than 1 million people. 
  "He looked at tornadoes not for the spotlight of TV but for the scientific aspect. At the end of the day, he wanted to save lives and he gave the ultimate sacrifice for that," Jim Samaras said.