On the afternoon of Friday, May 16, a mile-wide EF3 tornado tore through St. Louis, killing five people and causing an estimated $1.6 billion in damages. As soon as the storm passed, the question for EquipmentShare team members — from the local branches in St. Louis to corporate headquarters 125 miles west in Columbia, Missouri — wasn’t whether they would help but rather how they could do the most good.

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