A Bowling Green, Ky., firefighter careens through the rapids of the Barren River on April 1, after trying to assist in the rescue of two teenage fishermen.

A Bowling Green, Ky., firefighter is rescued by a fellow firefighter after he careened through the rapids of the Barren River, on April 1 during a river rescue.

Zack Sowders and Gage Lee, both 16, of Bowling Green, Ky., wait to be rescued on April 1, after their boat overturned in the rapids of the Barren River while they were fishing.

Paul Johnson, dressed as George Washington, walks past a barricade at Centre College, site of the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky., Oct. 11, 2012. Vice President Joe Biden will face Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Thursday night.

Shadows cast across the floor inside the debate hall ahead of the vice presidential debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky., Oct. 11.

Students walk past a political mural near Centre College in downtown Danville, Ky., Oct. 11.

Abraham Lincoln impersonator Larry Elliott, of Louisville, Ky., stands next to cutouts of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, and President Barack Obama outside the Norton Center on the Centre College campus before the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky., Oct. 11.

A poster advertising the vice presidential debate between Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden is posted inside the Centre College in Danville, Ky., Oct. 11.

Chuck Kenney, from Goodells, Mich., places a bet before the 138th running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race at Churchill Downs, May 4, 2012, in Louisville, Ky.

Brittany Brewer fixes her gown on April 21 as she prepares for the Owsley County High School prom next to a wood stove in the home where she lives with her grandmother in Booneville, Ky.

Riders pass an abandoned car during the Owsley County Saddle Club trail ride on April 20 in Booneville, Ky. The trail ride attracts riders from outside the county who contribute much needed revenue.

Paul Neace, 72, sits in his home in Owsley County on April 20 in Booneville, Ky.

James Moore plays the guitar as Robert Go sings while revelers hug at Joe's Meat Market #2 in Owsley County on April 20 in Booneville, Ky.

A man reads a newspaper in a restaurant in Booneville, Ky.

Mose Noble and Lowell Morris sit while taking a break from cleaning a cemetery in Owsley County in Booneville, Kentucky. Morris' grandfather killed Noble's grandfather during a time in Appalachia when blood family feuds still existed. The county contains hundreds of centuries-old graveyards. Morris is paid $8 per hour to do the work while Noble volunteers.

Mose Noble's nephew Johnny Noble, 9, sits in Mose's trailer during a visit on April 21 in Owsley County, Ky. Johnny visits his uncle from time to time. Noble's trailer has no electricity or running water but he receives governmental and neighborly assistance.

An abandoned building in Owsley County, Ky.

The Taylor family waits to attend the start of the Owsley County High School prom on on April 21 in Booneville, Ky.

Married students Travis and Starr Lewis with their daughter Ariel, 3 weeks, attend the Owsley County High School prom on April 21.

Kentucky players celebrate at the end of the NCAA Final Four tournament on Monday night.

Travis Releford #24 and Elijah Johnson #15 of the Kansas Jayhawks react after losing to the Kentucky Wildcats 67-59 on Monday night.

Kentucky Wildcats forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist falls while driving to the net on Kansas Jayhawks center Jeff Whitey and guard Elijah Johnson during the first half of their men's NCAA Final Four championship college basketball game in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2, 2012.

Kentucky forward Anthony Davis (23) leaps for a rebound over forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (14) and Kansas center Jeff Withey (5) during the first half of the game.

Thomas Robinson #0 of the Kansas Jayhawks with the ball as Michael Kidd-Gilchrist #14 of the Kentucky Wildcats goes after it in the first half in the game on Monday night.

Greg Cook hugs his friend David Derrick at East Limestone community on Friday, March 2. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday.

Steve McDonald stands in the debris of his mother-in-law, Mary Osman's home. Osman was killed after a tornado touched down on Feb. 29 in Harrisburg, Ill.

One of the owner's of Dream Baskets, a gourmet food eatery located off Route 45, look out the exposed north side of the restaurant, which was destroyed by a tornado on Feb. 29 in Harrisburg, Ill.

Carissa Westfall helps salvage products from Nature's Sunshine Health Foods store in Branson, Missouri, on Feb. 29.

Rob Turpen of Hollister, Mo., holds his son Izaiha, 2, while his son Patrick, 3, climbs over debris at a friend's storm-damaged house just east of Branson, Mo., Wednesday. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas.

Windows are blown out of a Hilton hotel in downtown Branson, Mo., Wednesday.

Julie Shaw picks up jewelry of Dorothy Hill in Harrisburg, Ill., after an early morning tornado struck the small town in southern Illinois on Wednesday. Hill was injured and take to the hospital. At least six people died in Harrisburg in the pre-dawn tornado.

Workers with National Distributors Leasing examine damage to semi trailers following a tornado that went through the area Wednesday in Hodgenville, Ky. Waves of strong storms ripped roofs off homes, apartment buildings and a bank and destroyed several buildings in north-central Kentucky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Mary Curtsinger looks over the devastation at her friend's home after severe weather passed Hodgenville, Ky. on Wednesday. Waves of strong storms ripped roofs off homes, apartment buildings and a bank and destroyed several buildings in north-central Kentucky.

A cargo ship named The Delta Mariner pauses in the water after colliding with a southwestern Kentucky bridge that partially collapsed when it was struck Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, near Aurora, Ky. The ship was traveling upriver toward the Kentucky Lock and Dam when it hit the aging steel bridge, which was built in the 1930s and handles about 2,800 vehicles a day.

The Delta Mariner pauses in the water.

Aerial photo of the The Delta Mariner, an ocean freight vessel as it sits under the collapsed 200-foot segment of the Eggner's Ferry Bridge over Kentucky Lake, Jan. 27, 2012. The Delta Mariner struck the main span of the Eggner Ferry Bridge on Thursday evening at U.S. Highway 68 and Kentucky Highway 80.

Horses come around the bend in the Juvenile Fillies Turf race during the 2011 Breeders' Cup World Championship horse races at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, November 4. Jockey John Velazquez aboard Stephanie's Kitten rides took first place in the race.

Juan Leyva rides Musical Romance to victory during the Filly & Mare Sprint race at the Breeders' Cup horse races at Churchill Downs Friday, Nov. 4, in Louisville, Ky.