Ruskin tornado memorial to be replaced, thanks to generous donors

Ruskin tornado memorial to be replaced, thanks to generous donors

By Don Bradley When a car slammed into the Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial last September, brick and stone and names of the dead scattered like tornado debris. At first, no one knew for sure if the nearly 12-foot monument just off Blue Ridge in front of Ruskin High School would be replaced or, maybe like the 1957 storm itself, fade into memory. Turns out the tornado that killed 44 and destroyed hundreds of homes and two schools nearly seven deca…