A woman has been rescued more than a day after a six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa partially collapsed
A woman was rescued more than a day after a six-story apartment building partially collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, and after city officials pushed for it to be demolished, saying it was in “imminent danger” of coming down. Protesters urged for a delay, concerned that people could still be trapped inside.
Protesters carried signs Tuesday morning near the building site, saying “Find Them First” and asking “Who is in the Rubble.“ Some used a megaphone to shout out names of building residents.
The city said in a statement that it has been “continually evaluating the timing of the demolition” and that “the building remains structurally insecure and in imminent danger of collapse.”
The woman was rescued at about 8 p.m. Monday after calling her family and waving for help, according to multiple news reports. The building partially collapsed shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday. A city statement late Monday said an injured woman had been extricated, but it wasn’t immediately clear if this was the same person referred to in news reports. Authorities did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
When firefighters initially arrived Sunday, they found and escorted more than a dozen people from the building and rescued others, the city said. No fatalities have been reported.
“There was a lot of screams, a lot of cries, a lot of people saying ‘Help!’ when the building came down,” Tadd Mashovec, a resident of the building, told KCCI-TV.
