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'Good Friday' Twister One Year After: Airport Concourse 'C' Re-Opens

A tornado practically destroyed the concourse, and took out the windows at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in 2011.

Nearly one year later, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is whole again.Β 

Concourse C, which was devestated in a tornado that touched Monday. , officially marking the concourse as being ready for business.

"The repairs and renovations have made the C Concourse look better than ever," Slay said on the airport's website.Β "I'm confident that these repairs and upgrades will make traveling through Lambert International Airport an even more enjoyable experience."

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The concourse opened six months ahead of schedule and under budget at less than $15 million, according to KSDK.

"Congrats toΒ LambertΒ Airport! Tornado couldn't tear up the STL spirit that has come back with a new (and) improvedΒ CΒ Concourse," tweeted Weather or Not, a weather news website in the Midwest.

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