Photos: Damaged by tornado, repaired MLK statue to be unveiled in Fountain Park
Bob Rocca takes a break from repairing a statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.聽to eat his lunch, as his cat Whiskers hops into his lap for a few pats, outside his workshop in 最新杏吧原创 on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. The MLK statue was damaged in the May 16th tornado when it was blown off its pedestal in Fountain Park.
Bob Rocca uses a torch to force moisture out of the surface of a bronze statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.聽in his 最新杏吧原创 workshop on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Rocca has been working to repair and restore the MLK statue, which was damaged in the May 16th tornado when it was blown off its pedestal in Fountain Park.
Bob Rocca applies a polyurethane coating to the surface of a bronze statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.聽to protect it from moisture damage in his 最新杏吧原创 workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.
Bob Rocca applies a polyurethane coating to the surface of a bronze statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in his 最新杏吧原创 workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. Rocca has been repairing and restoring the statue, which was damaged in the May 16 tornado when it was blown off its pedestal in Fountain Park.
Bob Rocca drives the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.聽statue south on Grand Boulevard past MLK Drive in 最新杏吧原创 on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, en route back to its pedestal in Fountain Park.聽
Bob Rocca drives a statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. back into the tornado damaged Fountain Park neighborhood on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.聽
Community members and media gather as the statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is reinstalled on its pedestal in Fountain Park on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. The statue underwent extensive restoration work after it was damaged in the May 16th tornado when it was blown over.
Bob Rocca drives a statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. south on Euclid Avenue past the tornado-damaged former Euclid school on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. The MLK statue was being driven to Fountain Park, where it was reinstalled on Friday.
Willie Butler, top, and Bob Rocca take straps off a statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. after it was reinstalled in Fountain Park on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.
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