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Tommy Butler didn’t hesitate when the Texas Panhandle was battered by tornadoes and wildfires.

A student at Texas Tech University’s School of Veterinary Medicine, Tommy spent his whole life learning to read this land – its smells, its sounds, its particular risks. When wildfires swept across 1.2 million acres in 2024, Tommy didn’t wait for instructions. He built the playbook himself, coordinating semi-trucks full of relief supplies, fielding calls from across the country and organizing efforts across the Texas Tech community. He had done it once before when his hometown was hit by a tornado the year prior.

Tommy’s story is about more than a crisis, though. It’s about a kid from the caprock who grew up 30 miles from the nearest city, who bet on a brand-new vet school, and who found himself exactly where he was supposed to be, every single time.