News stringer photojournalist Scott Lasker, functioning as a storm chaser Thursday, was in Streator, Illinois to cover the severe weather outbreak when he discovered a family needing rescue in their home that was destroyed by the tornado he just captured on video (Scott Lasker/CBS Chicago). YouTube Tips ⓘ
Most of his time as a free-lancer for TV news in the Chicago media market, Scott Lasker covers shootings, fires, and crashes in Chicagoland. However, when conditions are right for tornado development, Scott Lasker positions himself where a tornado is likely to develop. Today, Thursday, June 11, 2026, Laser put himself in LaSalle County and captured a large tornado, possibly and EF-2 tornado, near Streator, Illinois. Then he proceeded to cover the damage in Streator. He soon discovered he was need to initiate a rescue of a family in a tornado-destroyed home.
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