Watch St. Louis Police Dig Through Rubble to Help Trapped Tornado Victims

St. Louis police officers dug through rubble to rescue trapped residents after a deadly tornado tore through the city last month.

In body camera footage released Monday by the department, officers are seen picking through bricks and other debris after a tornado touched down May 16, St. Louis Public Radio reports. Five people were killed in the storm.

Along with sifting through the wreckage, police had to operate carefully because of an active gas leak created in the wake of the tornado. In one instance, officers helped get an elderly woman needing oxygen to the hospital, according to St. Louis Public Radio.

Police told SLPR that the agency received hundreds of 9-1-1 calls related to the tornado.