Video: Barack Obama meets Oklahoma tornado survivors in devastated Moore Mr Obama promised that the government would do everything in its power to support those attempting to recover from the tornado, which killed 24 people, including 10 children last Monday afternoon. His first stop was the demolished site of the Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven students were killed when the storm flattened the building. Everywhere, fellow Americans are praying with you, they are thinking about you and they want to help. And so I'm just a messenger here today letting everybody here know that you are not alone," he said. Standing with Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and other state and federal officials, he added: "This area has known more than its share of heartbreak but people here pride themselves on the Oklahoma standard, what Governor Fallin has called being able to work through disasters like this and come out stronger on the other side." He urged the American people to make contributions to the relief effort, saying that the damage was "pretty hard to comprehend."